A meta-synthesis of potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 631-638

  Cullinan, Shane ^a   O'Mahony, Denis ^a,b   Fleming, Aoife ^a   Byrne, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; INSULIN; NOOTROPIC AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CINAHL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STAFF TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ELDERLY CARE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 84904566079     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-014-0190-4     Document Type: Article

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