Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-170) and index.

Older people and their medicines : health objectives and health initiatives / Tracy Wills -- The physiology of human ageing / Andy Evenden and Karen Gesty -- The application of applied pharmacology to the older person / Maggi Banning -- Medication management and the older person / Maggi Banning -- Medication errors and the older person / Maggi Banning -- Concordance with medication and older people / Maggi Banning -- Neurophysiology, and neuropathology of ageing / Cliff Roberts -- The management of the older person with a long term condition / Maggi Banning -- The community pharmacist's role in the management of older people and their medicines / Jon Waterfield.

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