A qualitative study exploring visible components of organizational culture: What influences the use of psychotropic medicines in nursing homes?

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1725-1735

  Sawan, Mouna J ^a   Jeon, Yun Hee ^a   Fois, Romano J ^a   Chen, Timothy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

antipsychotics; long term care; nursing homes; organizational culture; patient safety; psychotropic medications; qualitative

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUSTRALIA; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PHARMACIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84969138645     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610216000715     Document Type: Article

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