Beliefs and attitudes of older adults and carers about deprescribing of medications: A qualitative focus group study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 649, 2016, Pages e552-e560

  Reeve, Emily ^a   Low, Lee Fay ^b   Hilmer, Sarah N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Caregivers; Decision making; General practice; Inappropriate prescribing; Medication therapy management; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEAR; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RECIPIENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESCRIPTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POLYPHARMACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESCRIPTIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLYPHARMACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84980047541     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp16X685669     Document Type: Article

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