Knowledge and attitudes to prescribed drugs in young and elderly patients

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-30

  McCormack, P M E ^a   Lawlor, R ^b   Donegan, C ^b   O'Neill, D ^b   Smith, S ^b   Moroney, C ^b   Boyce, C ^b   McGrath, A ^b   Walsh, J B ^b   Coakley, D ^b   Feely, J ^b  

^a Naas General Hospital   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 0030624841     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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