Programme to improve the use of drugs in older people and involve general practitioners in community education

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-297

  Reeve, J F ^a   Peterson, G M ^a   Rumble, R H ^a   Jaffrey, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Div of Gen Pract (N Tasmania)   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOLOGY;

EID: 0032805387     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2710.1999.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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