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Delirium in Old Age

August 2005


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		Chapter 1: The concept of delirium: Historical antecedents and present meanings
		Chapter 2: The instrumentation of delirium
		Chapter 3: The epidemiology of delirium
		Chapter 4: The neurophysiology of delirium
		Chapter 5: Clinical assessment and diagnosis
		Chapter 6: The causes of delirium
		Chapter 7: The management of delirium
		Chapter 8: The prevention of delirium
		Chapter 9: The role of families, family caregivers and nurses
		Chapter 10: Education about delirium

Delirium in Old Age

August 2005 Update

Update Editor: Alastair Macdonald, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.

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