Medication use in residential care for older people with intellectual disabilities.
A growing body of literature documents multiple morbidities and multiple medication use among older people with intellectual disabilities. In Ireland in 2012,8.6% of all medication-related adverse events were reported from the disability sector. To determine the level of medication use in a long ter...
| Publicado en: | Learning Disability Practice Vol. 19; no. 7; pp. 24 - 30 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The)
Sep2016
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