Geriatric Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach, 4th Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9780387955148 ISBN-10: 0387955143 Copyright: 2003 Edition: 4th Editors: Cassel, Christine K., Leipzig, Rosanne M. , Cohen, Harvey Jay, Larson, Eric B., Meier, Diane E., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 74 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: David Staats,  MD  (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center) Description This is a multiauthored textbook of geriatric medicine. Now in its fourth edition, it emphasizes an evidence-based approach to geriatric medicine. The third edition was published in 1997. Purpose Its purpose is to provide a comprehensive review of geriatric medicine, incorporating rapidly expanding new information in the field. Audience This book is aimed at practicing physicians as well as medical trainees at all levels. The entire team of health professionals caring for older persons will find this book a useful reference. Features There are chapters with extensive explanations, and leading the parade is a chapter on the nature of evidence-based medicine. Some of the chapters (e,g., neurobiological basis of dementing disorders) are used as a basis for understanding the advances in the field. Others read like a bibliographic updating in the relevant area, in which the evidence-based domains are not clearly indicated, and which also leave the reader without a clear understanding of the context. Assessment The expertise of individual authors shines through in many places. The thoroughness, pagination, and ease of using the information here maintain this book's status as one of the leading comprehensive textbooks of geriatric medicine. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 6 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 2 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 2 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 3 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 3 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 4 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 6 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 8 ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.