Bruce Burns, Chris Phillipson

Drugs, Ageing and Society

Social and Pharmacological Perspectives

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Produktbeschreibung

During the 1970s and 1980s prescription and over-the-counter drugs had come to play a major role in the health care of older people. Originally published in 1986, this book reviews the historical background to this development and explores its social and pharmacological implications.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781032687773
• ISBN-10: 1032687770
• Artikelnr.: 70251637

Autorenporträt

Bruce Burns and Chris Phillipson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Part I: Social and Pharmacological Issues 1. Prescribing Practices
and Older People 2. Pharmacological Issue and Older People 3. Older People
and the Drugs Industry 4. Older People and Geriatric Medicine Part II:
Experience of Drug Use 5. Older People and the Use of Psychotropic Drugs 6.
Drugs for Hypertension in Older People 7. Drugs for Senile Dementia Part
III: Reforms and Complementary Approaches 8. Controlling Drugs: Improving
Professional Practice 9. Controlling Drugs: Recommendations on Drug
Prescribing 10. Controlling Drugs: Health Education Perspectives 11. Drugs
and Older People: Future Perspectives. Appendix 1: Limited Lists. Appendix
2: Glossary of Terms. Appendix 3: Select Bibliography on Health Education
and Older People. Bibliography. Index.