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Sleep and Sleep Disorders

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Geriatric Medicine

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Elderly persons frequently complain of problems with their sleep.1–7 Actually, they often are very concerned about not obtaining enough sleep and/or not feeling refreshed after sleep.2,4,7 Physicians, however, may feel that some elderly patients are excessively preoccupied with their sleep in a hypochondriacal manner. Thus, not infrequently the elderly’s sleep complaints are not given proper attention or are simply dealt with through the hasty prescription of a hypnotic.2,4 Through such practices, a number of important issues related to the nocturnal as well as daytime life are overlooked, while there is an additional risk of creating certain iatrogenic complications.

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  1. Section of General Internal Medicine, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Christine K. Cassel M.D. (Chief) (Chief)

  2. Journal of the American Medical Association, 60610, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Donald E. Riesenberg M.D. (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine) (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine)

  3. Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Donald E. Riesenberg M.D. (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine) (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine)

  4. Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Leif B. Sorensen M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Chief) (Associate Chief)

  5. Geriatric Medicine, Portland V.A. Medical Center, 97207, Portland, Oregon, USA

    John R. Walsh M.D. (Chief) (Chief)

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Kales, J.D., Carvell, M., Kales, A. (1990). Sleep and Sleep Disorders. In: Cassel, C.K., Riesenberg, D.E., Sorensen, L.B., Walsh, J.R. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2093-8_43

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