Drug Therapy for the Elderly

by Heinrich Burkhardt and Martin Wehling

With people aged 65 years and older currently making up the fastest growing age group throughout the world, the demographic revolution of an aging society will inevitably lead to increased pressure to develop a rationalistic and age-tailored process of diagnosis and treatment among the elderly. As aging people often suffer from several chronic diseases and are being treated with multiple medications concurrently, unwanted drug interactions occur...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3709109116
• ISBN13: 9783709109113
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.8"