Hazzard’s Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Eighth Edition (8th ed/8e)

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide Jeffrey B. Halter, MD, is Emeritus Professor of Internal Medicine; Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine; and Director, Geriatrics Center and Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan. Joseph G. Ouslander, MD, is Professor and Senior Advisor to the Dean for Geriatrics, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, and Professor (Courtesy), Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University. Stephanie Studenski, MD, MPH, is Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Kevin P. High, MD, MS, is President, Health System, Wake Forest Baptist Health, and Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine. Sanjay Asthana, MD, is Associate Dean for Gerontology, the Duncan G. and Lottie H. Ballantine Chair in Geriatrics, Professor and Head of the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Director of the NIH Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He is also Director of the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. Mark A. Supiano, MD, is the D. Keith Barnes, MD, and Dottie Barnes Presidential Endowed Chair in Medicine, Professor and Chief, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine; and Executive Director, University of Utah Center on Aging. Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH, is Professor of Medicine and the Kenneth L. Minaker Chair in Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine. Kenneth Schmader, MD, is Professor of Medicine, Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging, Duke University Medical Center, and Director, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Durham VA Health Care System.