Crushing or altering medications: What's happen residential aged -care faciiities?

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 123-127

  Paradiso, L M ^a   Roughead, E E ^a   Gilbert, A L ^a   Cosh, D ^a   Nation, R L ^a   Barnes, L ^a   Cheek, J ^a   Batlaniyne, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84869026602     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2002.tb00432.x     Document Type: Article

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