Prescription medication hoarding and borrowing or sharing behaviours in older residents in the Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 119-123

  Ellis, Janette C ^a   Mullan, Judy ^a   Worsley, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; Medication adherence; Older people; Self medication

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OBSESSIVE HOARDING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF MEDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSESSIVE HOARDING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 80053023883     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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