The appropriate and safe use of drugs by the elderly requires special knowledge and skills if the benefits of treatment are to outweigh the risks. This review of published reports covers the use and misuse of drugs by the elderly, drug therapy in elderly patients and prescribing for the elderly. ...
The conference examined the role of the Community Health Council in relation to health promotion and health education. It was asked how far should and can CHCs influence the development of preventive strategies by health authorities and how far should CHCs become directly involved in such activities themselves. Health promotion ...
The report aims to cover the subject of incontinence as a whole with the major objective of encouraging sufferers to report it, and their doctors and nurses to become informed in its management. The following areas are discussed and recommendations established: increasing knowledge about incontinence among all professions concerned; to ...