Medical Management of Long-term Disability

David Green, MD, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Doctorate in Biochemistry from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He is a clinician-investigator and author of more than 300 published scientific articles. His most recent book, Linked by Blood: Hemophilia and AIDS, describes the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s that ravaged the hemophilia community and led to major changes in the collection and processing of blood and blood products. He is a Master of American College of Physicians and recipient of many other awards.

Part 1 Gastroenetrology: weight loss and malnutrition in the disabled; disorders of the alimentation and bowel motility. Part 2 Infectious diseases: infections in the chronically disabled; pressure sores. Part 3 Rheumatology: rheumatologic problems in the chronically disabled. Part 4 Disorders of the bone: osteoporosis; immobilization hypercalcemia; heterotopic ossification. Part 5 Vascular disorders and anaemia: blood pressure disorders in the disabled. Part 6 Clinical pharmacology: adverse drug reactions; pain in the disabled person.