edited by Peter Crome (Keele University) & Gary Ford (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)

Table of Contents (12k)
Foreword (9k)
Preface (25k)
Introduction (10k)
Chapter 1: Pharmacoepidemiology and the Elderly (72k)

This book is designed for all those with a scientific interest in drug treatment and the older population. The authors have all been chosen for their expertise in the field and have been drawn from both sides of the Atlantic and South Africa. The contents fall into two parts — general principles of drug use as they apply to the elderly, and specific chapters dealing with common clinical areas. The editors aim to provide a concise up to date, evidence-based, resource book.

• Pharmacoepidemiology and the Elderly (S Andrade & J Gurwitz)
• Drug Use and Older People: Sociological Perspectives (C Phillipson)
• Economic Aspects of Drugs and Older People (A Earl-Slater)
• Pharmacokinetics (S O'Mahony)
• Pharmacodynamics (G A Ford)
• Adverse Drug Reactions (P Crome)
• Drug Regimen Compliance (W von Renteln-Kruse)
• Prescribing for Older People in General Practice (S Iliffe)
• Optimising Drug Therapy in Hospital (S H D Jackson & G M Batty)
• Drugs and the Developing World (V Harris & C Orrell)
• Cardiovascular (D J Stott)
• Drugs and the Lung — COPD, Asthma, Interstitial Lung Disease (M Connolly)
• Psychopharmacology (B G Pollock & B H Mulsant)
• Alcohol and the Older Person (I B Crome)
• Drugs in Stroke (C Roffe)
• Epilepsy (R Tallis)
• The Drug Treatment of Parkinson's Disease in the Elderly (J Meara)
• The Gastrointestinal System (T Bowling)
• Diabetes Mellitus and Common Endocrine Conditions in the Elderly (S Croxson)
• Bone Disease (R M Francis & F H Anderson)
• Drugs and Arthritis (H Wynne)
• Pain Relief (P Crome)
• Cancer (M Gosney)
• Continence (J Malone-Lee)
• Conclusions: Issues in Drug Development and Clinical Trials in Older People in the 21st Century (P Crome et al.)