Edited by Thomas T. Yoshikawa and Dean C. Norman. 517 pp., illustrated. New York, Marcel Dekker, 2000. $135. ISBN 0-8247-0345-6.
With the marked increase in life expectancy achieved duringthe past century, we can expect that the elderly populationwill continue to grow disproportionately during the next 50years. The oldest of the elderly, persons 85 years of age orolder, now represent the fastest-growing group not only in developedcountries as a whole, but also in emergency departments, intensivecare units, and hospital wards. In recent years, much has beenlearned about the physiologic and pathologic consequences ofaging and the varied clinical manifestations of disease in theelderly. The spectrum of illness in middle-aged adults is similarto . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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