The Challenges Presented by the Assessment of Legal Capacity -- Therapeutic Jurisprudence -- Legal Capacity -- Testamentary Capacity -- Substitute Decision-Making -- Capacity Assessment – An International Problem -- Some Proposed Suggestions.This book discusses theoretical issues, standards, and professional considerations arising when legal and health practitioners undertake legal capacity a…
Basic Definitions and Introduction -- Natural Course of Wound Repair Versus Impaired Healing in Chronic Skin Ulcers -- Milestones in the History of Wound Healing -- Etiology and Mechanisms of Cutaneous Ulcer Formation -- Determining Etiology: History and Physical Examination -- Determining Etiology: Biopsy and Laboratory Investigation -- Ulcer Measurement and Patient Assessment -- Dressing Mate…
The Aetiopathology of Pressure Ulcers: A Hierarchical Approach -- Medical Perspectives in the 21st Century -- Medico-Legal Implications -- Patients at Risk for Pressure Ulcers and Evidence-Based Care for Pressure Ulcer Prevention -- The Measurement of Interface Pressure -- Susceptibility of Spinal Cord-Injured Individuals to Pressure Ulcers -- Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers Using E…
Organization of the Adult Primate Fovea -- Immunology and Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- Photoreceptor Degeneration in Aging and Age-Related Maculopathy -- Genes and Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- Epidemiology of Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Age-Related Macular Degeneration in China -- Experimental Models of Macular Degeneration -- Transporters a…
Epidemiology of Cancer and Aging -- Biological Interactions of Aging and Carcinogenesis -- Replicative Senescence and Cancer -- The Influence of Advanced Age on Cancer Occurrence and Growth -- Age and Co-Morbidity in Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Approach -- Hemopoiesis and Aging -- Clinical and Biochemical Evaluation Changes Over Aging -- Biological Screening and Impact in Elderly Cancer…
Complications of the Medications -- Groin Complications -- Complications of Plain Old Balloon Angioplasty -- Coronary Guidewire Complications -- Complications Related to Coronary Stenting -- Complications of Atherectomy Devices -- The No-Reflow Phenomenon -- Early versus Late Complications -- Complications of Radiation Exposure and Therapy -- Complications of Closure Devices -- Legal Complicati…
Behavioral Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease -- Depression -- Anxiety -- Obsessionality -- Dementia -- Psychosis -- Postsurgical Behavioral Changes -- Autonomic Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease -- Dysphagia -- Gastric Dysfunction -- Intestinal Dysfunction -- Impaired Sexual Function -- Urological Dysfunction -- Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction -- Thermoregulatory Dysfunction -- Respi…
Part I: Frameworks and Integrative Approaches -- Chapter 1: Bridging the Gap: Theory and research in social gerontology- Tannistha Samanta -- Chapter 2: Who will care for the elder caregiver?: Outlining theoretical approaches and future research questions - Subharati Ghosh, Benjamin Capistrant and Greta Friedemann-Sanchez -- Chapter 3: Social Psychology and Gerontology: Integrating theory to ex…
1. Introduction - S Irudaya Rajan And Gayathri Balagopal -- 2. After the Dividend: Caring for a Greying India - Debasis Barik, Tushar Agrawal, Sonalde Desai -- 3 ‘Fragile Mind and Failing Memory’: The Construction of Care for the Elderly by the Laws and Policies in India- Deblina Dey -- 4. Ageing population: need for formal care workers - Bharti Birla -- 5.Old Age Homes in India: Sharing th…