A Guide for the Helping Professional
by Cynthia G. Olsen
Geriatric Pharmacotherapy provides practical guidelines to help phsicians, pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants, and other clinicians manage drug therapy in elderly patients.
Features:
- Numerous insights into the medication needs of the elderly, factors contributing to medication nonadherence, and the pharmacokinetic process in the aging body
- Chapters focused on pharmacotherapy issues related to the major chronic conditions of the elderly
- Practical guidance for the helping professional on improving medication use in the elderly, communicating about natural products, and ethical and shared patient-provider decision making
Contents
- Medication Needs of the Ambulatory Elderly
- Enhancing Medication Adherence: An Opportunity to Improve Drug Therapy in the Elderly
- Altered Pharmacokinetics in an Aging Population: A Silent Epidemic
- Pharmacotherapy Issues Related to Cardiovascular Disease and the Elderly
- Pharmacotherapy Issues Related to Cardiovascular Disease and the Elderly
- Managing Diabetes Mellitus and Thyroid Disease in the Elderly
- Issues Concerning Common Infections in Community-Dwelling Elderly
- Issues in Geriatric Dermatology
- Dealing with the Dread of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in the Geriatric Population
- Pharmacotherapy Issues of Managing Chronic Pain in the Geriatric Population
- Nutrition and Exercise in the Elderly
- Natural Medicines Used by the Elderly: A Common Sense Dose of Reality
- Ethical Prescribing in the Geriatric Patient
- Improving Medication Use in the Elderly: Seven Prescriptions for the H.E.L.P.I.N.G. Professional
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