Cargando…

Barricades and brickwalls – a qualitative study exploring perceptions of medication use and deprescribing in long-term care

BACKGROUND: The co-administration of multiple drugs (polypharmacy) is the single most common cause of adverse drug events in the older population, and residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are at particularly high risk of medication harm. ‘Deprescribing’ – the withdrawal of an inappropriate...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Palagyi, Anna, Keay, Lisa, Harper, Jessica, Potter, Jan, Lindley, Richard I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26767619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0181-x