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Oral medicine modification for older adults: a qualitative study of nurses

OBJECTIVE: Oral medicines are frequently modified (eg, tablets crushed) for older adults. However, these modifications can have clinical, legal and/or ethical implications. Nurses bear responsibility for medicine administration and hence, perform these modifications. The aim of this study was to inv...

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Autores principales: Mc Gillicuddy, Aoife, Crean, Abina M, Kelly, Maria, Sahm, Laura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29247094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018151