'Brown bag' medication reviews as a means of optimizing patients' use of medication and of identifying potential clinical problems

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 278-282

  Nathan, Alan ^a   Goodyer, Larry ^a   Lovejoy, Anne ^b   Rashid, Aly ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Elderly patients; Family practice; Patient compliance; Pharmacist

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG USE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 0032765702     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.3.278     Document Type: Article

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