title: Community Care of Older People Beales David Denham Michael Tulloch Alistair Community Care of Older People editors 206pp £18.95 1 85775 032 2 1857750322.
abstract: The title suggests that this book offers a range of perspectives on the care of older people in 'thecommunity'. Chapters include broad coverage of, for example, the biol-ogy and demography of older age, physical and mental disease in older people, prescribing, nutrition, screening and assessment, health promotion, anticipatory and institu-tional care and ethics.