Geriatric pharmacotherapy
Subtitle: a guide for the helping professional
By: [edited by] Cynthia G. Olsen, William N. Tindall, Mark E. Clasen.
Contributors: Olsen, Cynthia G.; Tindall, William N.; Clasen, Mark E.; American Pharmacists Association.
Publisher: American Pharmacists Association
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781582120720
Subjects: Geriatric pharmacology.; Older people -- Drug use.; Drug Therapy -- methods.; Aged.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Medication needs of the ambulatory elderly / William N. Tindall and Mark E. Clasen; title: Enhancing medication adherence : an opportunity to improve drug therapy in the elderly / Paul J. Hershberger and William N. Tindall; title: Altered pharmacokinetics in an aging population : a silent epidemic / Robert J. Belloto; title: Pharmacotherapy issues related to cardiovascular disease and the elderly / Mark E. Clasen and Kristina L. Griffiths; title: Managing diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease in the elderly / Cynthia G. Olsen; title: Issues concerning common infections in community-dwelling elderly / Cynthia G. Olsen and William N. Tindall; title: Issues in geriatric dermatology / Alice A. House; title: Dealing with the dread of dementia and Alzheimer's disease / Kathy Kemle and Joan Fawley; title: Diagnosis and treatment of depression in the geriatric population / Dipesh Patel and John M. Boltri; title: Pharmacotherapy issues of managing chronic pain in the geriatric population / Philip S. Whitecar; title: Nutrition and exercise in the elderly / Y. Monique Davis-Smith and John M. Boltri; title: Natural medicines used by the elderly : a common sense dose of reality / Alan C. McKelvey; title: Ethical prescribing in the geriatric patient / Karen Kovach and John M. Boltri; title: Improving medication use in the elderly : seven prescriptions for the H.E.L.P.I.N.G. professional / William N. Tindall and Cynthia G. Olsen.