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Perspectives on treating hypertension in old age: The burden of polypharmacy, risks of treatment and GPs’ treatment probability
With increasing age, blood pressure rises as a consequence of arterial stiffness and it has been debated whether or not to it is beneficial to treat hypertension in old age especially in >75-year-olds when they have multimorbidity, polypharmacy or…
Old Age before Modernity : Case Studies and Methodological Perspectives, 500 BC ‒ 1700 AD
This book investigates old age and ageing in premodern times, with a special focus on the Middle Ages. Perspectives from gerontology and the humanities, and above all from history, are combined to provide novel insights. The gerontological articles…