Medication administration errors for older people in long-term residential care

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Szczepura, Ala ^a   Wild, Deidre ^b   Nelson, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 82755167867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-82     Document Type: Article

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