Transitions of care: Assessing patient cognition and medication management skills

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 20-24

  Anderson, Katherine ^a  

^a HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; LEVOTHYROXINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTRACTURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG PREFERENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF MEDICATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 77956910207     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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