Preface.

Medicine Taking By Elderly People: An Overview (D. Jones & C. Poole).

Ageing Physiology (J. Clague & M. Horan).

Pharmacokinetics (M. Kinirons & A. Wood).

Biochemical Pharmacology of Ageing (K. Woodhouse).

Pharmacodynamics (G. Ford, et al.).

Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly (U. Martin & C. George).

The Ethics of Biomedical Research in the Elderly (A. Williams & M. Denham).

Ischaemic Heart Disease (A. Elder & K. Fox).

Chronic Heart Failure (B. Cusack, et al.).

Hypertension (K. Tsang & C. Bulpitt).

Peripheral Vascular Disease (L. Fligelstone & I. Lane).

Cardiac Arrhythmias (M. Reardon & A. Camm).

Infective Endocarditis (C. Oakley).

The Prevention of Stroke (D. Dunbabin).

The Acute Management of Stroke (C. Gray & J. O'Connell).

Dementia (A. Bayer).

Confusion (W. MacLennan).

Pharmacotherapy of Idiopathic Parkinsonism (A. Vijayaraghavan & D. Calne).

Depression (C. Katona).

Psychoses and the Elderly (B. Ballinger & D. Findlay).

Anaesthesia (G. Rees).

Pain Management (R. Helme & B. Katz).

Epilepsy (R. Tallis).

Metabolic Bone Disease (F. Anderson & R. Francis).

Arthritis (P. Brooks & R. Day).

Airways Obstruction (S. Keir & L. Dow).

Thromboembolism (P. Routledge & H. Shetty).

Infections of the Airways and Lungs (S. Murphy & D. Coakley).

Drugs and the Ageing Mouth (A. Walls).

Dyspepsia and Peptic Ulcer Disease (M. Hull & C. Hawkey).

Nausea, Vomiting and Gastrointestinal Motility Problems (H. Shetty).

Drugs Affecting Large Bowel Motility (M. Hasan).

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disease (S. Vyas & M. Arthur).

Thyroid (J. Lazarus).

Drug Therapy for the Aged Diabetic (A. Sinclair).

Hormone Replacement Therapy (S. Steele & R. Francis).

The Prostate (D. Neal).

Incontinence (C. Castleden & T. Robinson).

Urinary Tract Infection (C. Catchpole & T. Elliott).

Vertigo (K. Sirimanna & S. Stephens).

Glaucoma (J. MacLeod & A. Elkington).

Cytotoxic Chemotherapy for Elderly Patients with Solid Tumours (F. Little & D. Jodrell).

Chemotherapy of Haematological Malignancies (D. Provan & J. Smith).

Terminal Care (R. Hillier & C. Davis).

Index.