What factors are important for deprescribing in Australian long-term care facilities? Perspectives of residents and health professionals

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Turner, Justin P ^a,b   Edwards, Susan ^c   Stanners, Melinda ^d   Shakib, Sepehr ^b,e   Bell, J Simon ^a,f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d TORRENS UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING STAFF; PHARMACIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENT; WELLBEING; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962481578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009781     Document Type: Article

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