RT Journal
A1 Clarfield A
T1 Reichel’s care of the elderly: Clinical aspects of aging
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD November 25
VO 302
IS 20
SP 2260
OP 2260
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.1732
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1732
AB 
As a young resident in the late 1970s with a special interest in the elderly, I read a much earlier edition of this text. At that time, the only other “big books” in geriatrics were from the United Kingdom and, while authoritative, some of the material was not always appropriate to care in North America. I recall enjoying Reichel's earlier text, primarily because of its relative brevity and above all its practical approach. More than 30 years have passed, and a number of texts are now published, in both the United States and the United Kingdom, that deal primarily with geriatric care. How has Reichel's text fared in its latest version?