Community pharmacists and people with dementia: A cross-sectional survey exploring experiences, attitudes, and knowledge of pain and its management

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1077-1085

  Barry, Heather E ^a   Parsons, Carole ^a   Passmore, A Peter ^a   Hughes, Carmel M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

approaches to dementia; community pharmacists; dementia; older people; pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PAIN; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

APPROACHES TO DEMENTIA; COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS; DEMENTIA; OLDER PEOPLE; PAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHARMACISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84883558427     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3931     Document Type: Review

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