Medicines in the elderly
By: edited by David Armour, Chris Cairns.
Contributors: Armour, David, 1941-; Cairns, Chris.
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Drug Therapy -- Aged.; Geriatric pharmacology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: What is old age?; value: Altered drug response in the elderly; value: Gastrointestinal medicines in the elderly; value: Cardiovascular medicines in the elderly; value: Respiratory medicine in the elderly; value: Psychiatry and the elderly; value: Treatment of neurological disease in the elderly; value: Anti-infective therapy in the elderly; value: Metabolic and endocrine disease in the elderly; value: Osteoporosis and bone quality in the elderly; value: Musculoskeletal and joint problems in the elderly; value: Eye, ear and mouth problems in the elderly; value: The skin in the elderly; value: Palliative care in the elderly; value: Compliance, concordance and polypharmacy in the elderly; value: Research in the elderly: ethics, consent and methodology.