How to try this: Monitoring medication use in older adults

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-78

  Molony, Sheila L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLYPHARMACY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 58249092245     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000344046.42145.9d     Document Type: Review

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