Student BMJ November 1997 Vol 5 Editorials 398 Aging: a subject that must be at the top of world agendas 399 Will you still need me, will you still screen me, when I'm past 64? 400 Including elderly people in clinical trials 401 The debate of the age News 402 Nobel prize winners unravel aging process Older shift workers should work morning shifts Training in care of elderly needs to improve Commission calls for rethink on care of elderly people Number of university applicants falls drastically Alzheimer's drug not recommended South East Asia confronts its rapidly aging population Education 405 Making decisions for incompetent patients 408 Taking a history from an older person 410 Net.Philes 411 Picture Quiz 412 Healthy aging 418 Molecular biology's impact on our understanding of aging Papers 422 Randomised controlled trial of a general practice programme of home based exercise to prevent falls in elderly women 427 Breast examinations in older women: questionnaire survey of attitudes of patients and doctors Life 429 Is old age always ugly? 430 Get respect - grow old in Zambia 431 Ageist - who, me? 432 The not-so-secret diary of a medical student 433 Confessions of a geriatrician 434 Out There Letters 435 From student to doctor Take responsibility for first aid Students teach resuscitation Drugs industry answers back Defining euthanasia? Students have much to give Soundings 437 A wrinkly birthday 437 Hearing Vera's story Art & Reviews 438 How We Die 438 A Damn Bad Business: The NHS Deformed Personal view 439 Please don't make a fuss, dear Minerva 440 Editor's choice The alternative lyrics to Pulp's new song Help the Aged Respect the aged Because one day you'll be older too In Zambia you'd realise Old, ( Maria Gunzel p 430) means wise In the west we try and forget; Even the right to screening doesn't last for ever (p 399) It's a big deal says Graham Sutton - ageism in medicine's real Respect the aged Because one day you'll be older too Would you want decisions made for you? See (p 405) Kerridge and Lowe And if you look hard behind the lines on a face Says Katie Wright (p 437) There's a person, not a medical case It's time to listen to the aged Because one day you'll be older too Francis Palmer (p 429) says question your attitudes, Read on, this issue's about you ...