Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine

Dr Lesley Bowker qualified in 1990 from Southampton, completing further training in Wessex (SHO and registrar jobs) and Oxford (senior registrar) followed by a year in Perth, Australia as a senior lecturer. She was a 'career geriatrician' from early days and developed a research interest in practical clinical ethics especially relating to older people. Her DM thesis (awarded from Southampton in 2003) was in the practical and ethical issues surrounding life-sustaining treatment in the elderly person. Her consultant appointment at Norwich in 2002 allows her to combine clinical work with education as the clinical skills director for the school of medicine at UEA. She obtained her Masters in Clinical Education in 2011. Dr Sarah Smith trained at St Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, qualifying in 1994. She went on to do house jobs and an SHO rotation at her training hospital, which is where she developed an interest in geriatric medicine. After an ITU post in Brighton, she joined the SpR training scheme for geriatrics and GIM in the Oxford region, completing in 2003. Dr Smith was appointed as a consultant in Community Geriatrics and GIM for the Oxford University Hospitals in 2004, and her main interests are the acute/community interface, stroke rehabilitation and clinical governance.

1. Ageing ; 2. Organizing geriatric services ; 3. Clinical assessment of older people ; 4. Rehabilitation ; 5. Falls and funny turns ; 6. Drugs ; 7. Neurology ; 8. Stroke ; 9. Psychiatry ; 10. Cardiovascular ; 11. Chest medicine ; 12. Gastroenterology ; 13. Renal medicine ; 14. Homeostasis ; 15. Endocrinology ; 16. Haematology ; 17. Musculoskeletal system ; 18. Pressure injuries ; 19. Genitourinary medicine ; 20. Incontinence ; 21. Ears ; 22. Eyes ; 23. Skin ; 24. Infection and immunity ; 25. Malignancy ; 26. Death and dying ; 27. Ethics ; 28. Finances