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Description - Transcultural Geriatrics: Caring for the Elderly of Indo-Asian Origin by Partha Ghosh

Transcultural gerontology is a relatively new branch of old age medicine which aims to provide a clearer understanding of patient needs and improved care by examining medical cultural and social interactions. Designed as a reference book for professionals who wish to be better informed about their patients or clients this text is invaluable in all countries with an elderly Indo-Asian population. It covers a wide range of issues including religious history immigration policy diet funerals abroad and alternative medicine alongside chapters such as epidemiology pathophysiology and psychiatry. This book provides vital information for gerontologists general practitioners nurses and paramedics. It will also be useful for healthcare workers and planners social workers carers counsellors and medical students.

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