Further information

Key sources used in the compilation of this Primer were:


American Geriatrics Society. Geriatrics Review Syllabus, 4th edition. American Geriatrics Society: New York, 1999

Bennett GCJ, Ebrahim S. The Essentials of Health Care in old age, 2nd edition. Arnold: London, 1996

Coni N, Webster S. Lecture Notes on Geriatrics, 5th edition. Blackwell Science: Oxford, 1998

Tallis RC, Fillit HM, Brocklehurst JC. Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 5th edition. Churchill Livingstone: London, 1998

Weatherall DJ, Ledingham JGG, Warrell DA. Oxford Textbook of Medicine 2nd edition, Vols 1 and 2. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1989


The Novartis Foundation for Gerontology and CCT Healthcare Communications Ltd would like to thank Professor C.M. Castleden, Director of Continuing Medical Education for the British Geriatrics Society for help and advice.



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