Frail elderly patients experiences of information on medication. A qualitative study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Modig, Sara ^a,c   Kristensson, Jimmie ^b   Troein, Margareta ^a   Brorsson, Annika ^a   Midlöv, Patrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Tåbelund Primary Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confidence; Content analysis; Elderly; Information; Medication knowledge; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT MEDICATION KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84865191068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-12-46     Document Type: Article

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