Physician patient communication failure facilitates medication errors in older polymedicated patients with multiple comorbidities

Family Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-63

  Mira, José Joaquín ^a,b   Orozco beltrán, Domingo ^a   Pérez jover, Virtudes ^a   Martínez jimeno, Luciana ^a   Gil guillén, Vicente F ^a   Carratala munuera, Concepción ^a   Sánchez molla, Manuel ^c   Pertusa martínez, Salvador ^d   Asencio aznar, Alberto ^e  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

^c Centro de Salud Elx Raval   (Spain)

^d Centro de Salud Cabo Huertas   (Spain)

^e Centro de Salud Mutxamel   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Patient safety; Physician patient relations; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DOSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; POLYPHARMACY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLYPHARMACY; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84873825670     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms046     Document Type: Article

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