The Merck Manual of Health & Aging: The Comprehensive Guide to the Changes and Challenges of Aging- for Older Adults and Those Who Care For and About Them

by Mark H. Beers (editor)

Home reference manual for older people and those who care about them.

961 pages, Hardcover

First published May 18, 2004

About the author

Mark Howard Beers (b. 1954) was an American geriatrician whose research on drug interactions among the elderly led to the creation of the eponymous Beers Criteria, which lists prescription medications that may have deleterious side effects in older patients.