PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - Elderly people: their medicines and their doctors AID - 10.1136/dtb.28.20.77 DP - 1990 Oct 01 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 77--79 VI - 28 IP - 20 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/28/20/77.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/28/20/77.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1990 Oct 01; 28 AB - We last discussed the special needs and problems of medication for elderly patients 6 years ago1 after a Royal College of Physicians report on the subject.2 This article takes its title from a large descriptive survey undertaken shortly after.3