Interesting stories and insights about such places as China, Tibet, India, Bhutan, Vietnam, Italy, Turkey, Peru, Spain, and Cambodia. Learn about the War Museum in Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, and the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Feel the wind and the rain in Machu Pichu, Peru and the passion of a raj for one of his wives in building the Taj Mahal.

Geriatrics deals with the health care of elderly people. As the life expectancy of baby boomer generation has now gone up to 65 years, the focus of medical areas has shifted towards the issues of providing this population of geriatrics individuals with proper resources. Geriatric health care is complex by structure, inclusive of medical, educational, social, cultural, religious and economic aspects. This book presents a complicated interplay of these factors in the growth, organization and therapy of geriatric patients, starting with an analysis of sarcopenia, cognitive decline and dysphagia...