Older people and medication management: From compliance to concordance

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-153

  McGraw, Caroline ^a,b   Drennan, Vari ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEVICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 20444363761     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259804001376     Document Type: Review

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