Medication review for the 10-minute consultation: The NO TEARS tool

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 43-45

  Lewis, Tessa L ^a  

^a Carreg Wen Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medication review; NO TEARS; Older adults; Polypharmacy; Primary care

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GENERIC DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

AGED; CONSULTATION; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVIEW; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 21344442879     PISSN: 14888408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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