Food, drugs, and aging
By: Ruth E. Dunkle, Grace J. Petot, Amasa B. Ford, editors.
Contributors: Dunkle, Ruth E.; Petot, Grace J.; Ford, Amasa B., 1922-; Case Western Reserve University. Center on Aging and Health.
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Geriatric pharmacology -- Congresses.; Older people -- Nutrition -- Congresses.; Drug Therapy -- adverse effects -- congresses.; Drug Therapy -- in old age -- congresses.; Geriatrics -- congresses.; Nutrition -- drug effects -- congresses.; Nutrition -- in old age -- congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Abstract: The interrelationship of food and drugs for the elderly within a biomedical and social perspective is discussed. This book consists of edited versions of papers presented at the Fall 1984 symposium, "Food, Drugs, and Aging" in Cleveland, Ohio, and sponsored by the University Center on Aging and Health at Case Western Reserve University. The monograph is comprised of the following parts: Part I: the biological and medical aspects of drug treatment in the elderly; part II focuses on the relationship of diseases and nutrition as affected by social, cultural, and economic concerns of older people; and part III concludes with therapeutic issues related to drugs and nutrition.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 173-195.
Edited versions of papers presented at a symposium held in the fall of 1984 in Cleveland, Ohio and sponsored by the University Center on Aging and Health at Case Western Reserve University.
Includes index.