Medicine use of elderly Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants and attitudes to home medicines review

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-55

  White, Lesley ^a   Klinner, Christiane ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Values   (Australia)

Author keywords

access to primary care; consumer perceptions; focus groups; medication review.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; VIETNAMESE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FOCUS GROUPS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHARMACISTS; POLYPHARMACY; VIETNAM;

EID: 84857822524     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10099     Document Type: Review

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