Medical practitioners receive little, if any, formal training in the prevention, assessment and management of pressure ulcers and other chronic wounds.   Pressure Ulcers in the Aging Population: A Guide for Clinicians is a resource primarily aimed at physicians interested in the fundamentals of wound care.  This book is written for geriatricians, internists, general practitioners, residents and fellows who treat older patients and unlike other texts on the market addresses the specific issues of wound prevention and managment in older individuals.

Pressure Ulcers in the Aging Population: A Guide for Clinicians emphasizes prevention, proper documentation and the team care process which are often overlooked in standard texts.  Chapters are written by experts in their fields and  include such evolving topics as deep tissue injury and the newer support surface technologies.

1.      Introduction          2.      Physiology of Chronic Wound Healing      3.      Incidence and Prevalence of Pressure Ulcers       4.      Risk Assessment Instruments               5.      Prevention of Pressure Ulcers        6.      Assessment of Documentation of Pressure Ulcers            7.      General Principles of Pressure Ulcer Treatment             8.      Specific Principles of Pressure Ulcer Treatment          9.      The Role of Nutrition in Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers   10.  Assessment and Management of Wound Colonization and Infection              11.  Palliative Treatment and Treatment at End of Life             12.  The Role of Wound Care Teams  13.  Adjuvant and Emerging Therapy 14.  Educational Assessment and Teaching of Patients and Caregivers         15.  Quality of Care and Legal Issues