Using telehealth to educate Parkinson's disease patients about complicated medication regimens

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 16-24

  Fincher, Linda ^a   Ward, Constance ^b   Dawkins, Vivian ^c   Magee, Veronica ^b   Willson, Pamela ^b,c  

^a Education and Clinical Center Houston   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELENURSING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELENURSING; TELEPHONE; TEXAS; VETERANS; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 64249091539     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20090201-10     Document Type: Article

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