In the elderly, multiple morbidity and large numbers of drug prescriptions can often result in adverse drug effects. This volume focuses on drug therapies for the most important organ systems and the most common geriatric syndromes affecting the elderly. Its practical value is augmented by useful summaries and flow charts.

Wolfgang von Renteln-Kruse, Birgit Frilling, Lilli Neumann, Zentrum für Geriatrie und Gerontologie, Hamburg.