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Dementia
edited by John O'Brien, David Ames, and Alistair Burns, 2nd ed,
940 pp, 24 color plates, London, England, Arnold Publications, New York, NY,
Oxford University Press Inc, 2000.
Arch Neurol. 2002;59:1659.
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This multiauthored text examines all aspects of dementia. Different
sections explore the history of dementia, the clinical diagnosis and assessment
of dementia, including neuropsychologic testing and all of the current imaging
modalities used around the world, to investigate patients with dementia. Particularly
interesting are the sections on the multidisciplinary aspects of dementia
management and the care-provider services available to persons with dementia.
There are chapters devoted to the care-provider services of different parts
of the world, including the United States, Great Britain, several other European
nations, Japan, Australia, and the developing world. Chapters on the role
of nursing and social work as well as legal issues and end-of-life decisions
are all very clearly discussed.
The second major part of the book is devoted to Alzheimer disease, including
the clinical aspects, risk factors, epidemiologic details, inflammatory mediators,
and the neurobiologic characteristics of Alzheimer disease. The most recent
research in this rapidly . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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