Administration of medicines in food and drink: A study of older inpatients with severe mental illness

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-416

  Haw, Camilla ^a   Stubbs, Jean ^a  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concealed medication; Covert medication; Dementia; Mental illness; Older adults; Surreptitious medication

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BEVERAGES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFORMED CONSENT; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77952428249     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209991669     Document Type: Article

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