LAMBERT, a major publisher, has embraced this project with great enthusiasm and dedicated its considerable resources to production of an excellent text.The need for this textbook may actually begreater now than before.This text has been created to assist clinicians in their care of older persons. Authors believe that this textbook will be helpful for physicians,residents in training, and medical students. The textbook is designed to additionally serve as an excellent guide for physical therapists, occupational therapists, nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants as they provide interdisciplinary care for an aging population.This textbook will to help the reader conceptualize an approach to geriatric care. This text is thus intended for primary care and specialty providers who practice on a daily basis caring for older adults.