TY - JOUR
AU1 - Wilkes, Eric
AB - go into the contents page would make the expansion of the index less Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology imperative. Despite these youthful failings, the book is a "must " for geriatri- Edited by J. C. BrocWehurst. Edinburgh & London: Churchill cians, whose image it chasteningly reflects, because of its scope. Its Livingstone, 1973. xil + 760 pages; figures; plates (in colour); ambitious purpose could be splendidly fulfilled as it develops in tables. 25x2 0 cm. £16.00 succeeding editions. It includes some distinguished contributions from outside Great Britain and fills an important gap for all students b i s handsome volume with its comprehensive title and provoking of medicine and allied disciplines as a reference work, although it wil] cover ".. . is presented as an authoritative statement on research and not serve this purpose efficiently until the index is expanded. current medical practice in all matters relating to aging and old age in man." In compiling this, the first multi-author British text-book £. P. W. Helps on geriatric medicine, Professor Brocklehurst has taken on an ambitious if most timely task. How well has be succeeded? The book offers much promise, being divided into three parts, of Assessment of 
TI - Book Reviews
JF - British Medical Bulletin
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a071225
DA - 1974-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/book-reviews-uiRMpXZQWK
SP - 287
EP - 288
VL - 30
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -