Drug-related problems in the elderly

• Main Authors: Midlöv, Patrik (Author), Eriksson, Tommy (Author), Kragh, Annika (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Geriatrics.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Biomedicine general.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

Drug-related problems in the elderly is intended to serve as a source of information and clinical support in geriatric pharmacotherapy for students as well as all health care professionals, e.g. physicians, nurses and pharmacists. Pharmacotherapy is of great importance to all mankind. Drugs are howe...

Table of Contents:

• Aging and Drugs
• Physiological Alterations with Aging
• Quality of Care in the Elderly
• Inappropriate Drugs in the Elderly
• Drugs and Common Health Conditions in Old Age
• Drugs and Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders
• Errors, Problems, Events and Reactions on Medication
• Practical Problems Related to the Patients Medication Intake
• Compliance and Concordance
• Strategies and Interventions for Improvement
• Summary and Perspectives.