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GERIATRIC MEDICINE: AN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE
ANDERSON, FERGUSON
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Oxford University Press
1976-11-01 00:00:00.0
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http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/5/4/193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/5.4.193
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GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH--TODAY AND TOMORROW
HALL, DAVID A.
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Oxford University Press
1976-11-01 00:00:00.0
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http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/5/4/198
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/5.4.198
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GERIATRICS IN RELATION TO THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES
BROMLEY, D. B.
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Social and behavioural gerontology is the scientific study of how men and women adapt to their environment as they grow older. It is a multidisciplinary area, comprising subjects each of which asserts an existence in its own right, as a scientific enterprise, apart from other subjects in the area, and apart from geriatrics. Social and behavioural gerontology, however, forms part of the total context within which geriatrics gets its meaning and value. Geriatrics, in turn, affects these other adjacent disciplines Social and behavioural gerontology could help in a <it>general</it> way by putting geriatrics into this wider perspective and thus demonstrating the wider issues that might otherwise be neglected in the busy round of geriatric care. Social and behavioural gerontology could also help in numerous <it>particular</it> ways such as: the collection of normative data; improved conceptual analysis; better methods of observation, experimentation, measurement and data analysis; the integration of social and behavioural casework with clinical geriatrics for both treatment and training purposes; improved techniques of social and behavioural assessment; improvements in communication; better social attitudes; increased self-help and understanding of the role of the elderly in society; more effective consumer behaviour; and more effective social policies incorporating long-range, broad-spectrum preventive measures.
Oxford University Press
1976-11-01 00:00:00.0
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http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/5/4/205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/5.4.205
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STEADY-STATE KINETICS OF DIGOXIN IN THE ELDERLY
ROBERTS, MARGARET A.
CAIRD, F. I.
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Renal clearance of digoxin and creatinine was determined simultaneously on 30 occasions in 28 elderly inpatients on maintenance digoxin therapy. The mean ratio of digoxin to creatinine clearance was 1.04 (± S.E.M. 0.08) Multiple 24-hour urinary excretions of digoxin were measured in 10 patients on digoxin on a dose of 0.25 mg/day, four on 0.125 mg/day, and six on 0.0625 mg/day. Mean urinary excretion was 42% of dose per day. Calculated ‘net biliary clearance’ averaged 18 ml/min. Knowledge of the magnitude of renal and net biliary clearance, together with assumed values for fractional absorption allows a relationship between serum digoxin levels and creatinine clearance to be calculated for each dose level. There was reasonable agreement between observed and expected serum digoxin levels in 41 elderly patients in whom creatinine clearance was measured, and in 106 in whom glomerular filtration rate was estimated from serum urea and creatinine concentrations. Quantitation of the kinetics of digoxin in the elderly can make maintenance therapy more rational and therefore safer and more effective.
Oxford University Press
1976-11-01 00:00:00.0
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http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/5/4/214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/5.4.214
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CAUSES OF HIGH FREE-THYROXINE INDEX VALUES IN SICK EUTHYROID ELDERLY PATIENTS
BARUCH, ANNE L. H.
DAVIS, CHERYL
HODKINSON, H. M.
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Modest elevation of the free-thyroxine index occurs in many apparently euthyroid elderly inpatients. The present study investigated the possible relevance of drug side-effects to this problem. It appears likely that such side-effects associated with the use of L-Dopa, digoxin and co-trimoxazole account for a substantial proportion of the observed elevated free-thyroxine index results.
Oxford University Press
1976-11-01 00:00:00.0
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http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/5/4/224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/5.4.224
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ELECTORS NOT LIABLE FOR JURY SERVICE AS A SAMPLING FRAME FOR THE ELDERLY
EVANS, J. GRIMLEY
BREWIS, MARY
PRUDHAM, D.
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Data from 449 persons aged over 65 who had been respondents to a population-based survey and 96 non-respondents aged over 65 were studied to compare those who had declared their age at electoral registration with those who had not. It was found that only 75% (79% of respondents and 57% of non-respondents) had declared their age. In an analysis of 16 variables among the respondents, a statistically significant difference for social class among males was found in that relatively fewer from Social Classes IV and V had declared their age. As an administrative instrument for estimating the size of the elderly population, the list of those marked as not liable for Jury Service on the electoral roll is clearly inadequate, giving an underestimate of about 25%. This could possibly be improved upon by better design of the electoral return form.
Oxford University Press
1976-11-01 00:00:00.0
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http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/5/4/228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/5.4.228
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OBSERVER VARIATION IN THE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF STROKE
GARRAWAY, W. M.
AKHTAR, A. J.
GORE, S. M.
PRESCOTT, R. J.
SMITH, R. G.
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Clinical assessments have to be used in epidemiological studies in the absence of more objectivemeans of establishing diagnosis or recording events in the natural history of disease. Thisrequires the standardization of definition, technique and interpretation as a means of reducingobserver variability in clinical examination. The methods used to reduce the observer variationin the clinical assessment of stroke patients are described and results are presented which demonstrate the degree to which this was achieved.
Oxford University Press
1976-11-01 00:00:00.0
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http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/5/4/233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/5.4.233
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'BRAIN FAILURE': A CONTRIBUTION TO THE TERMINOLOGY OF MENTAL ABNORMALITY IN OLD AGE
ISAACS, BERNARD
CAIRD, FRANCIS I.
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Oxford University Press
1976-11-01 00:00:00.0
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http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/5/4/241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/5.4.241
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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OLD PEOPLE RECEIVING AND NEEDING DOMICILIARY SERVICES: THE RELEVANCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS
FOSTER, E. M.
KAY, D. W. K.
BERGMANN, K.
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A sample of 477 people aged 65 years and over, randomly selected from electoral rolls, were visited in their homes, independently, by a medical social worker and a psychiatrist. Twelve per cent were receiving domiciliary services from the Local Authority and a further 20% were considered to require them. The types of services received and recommended are described and the medical, social and psychiatric services of those receiving services, in need of them, and the remainder are compared. The high priority for the support of persons with chronic brain syndrome and their relatives is emphasized. Functional psychiatric symptoms were found by the psychiatrist, in a high proportion of those considered by the medical social worker to need services. Psychiatric assessment and treatment which might reduce the need for social services in some cases, would be greatly assisted by the development of a reliable screening device for the use of the primary care team.
Oxford University Press
1976-11-01 00:00:00.0
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http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/5/4/245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/5.4.245
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BOOK REVIEW
DAVIES, IOAN
Book Reviews
Oxford University Press
1976-11-01 00:00:00.0
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http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/5/4/256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/5.4.256
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