Towards an understanding of the burdens of medication management affecting older people: the MEMORABLE realist synthesis

Towards an understanding of the burdens of medication management affecting older people: the MEMORABLE realist synthesis

Abstract Background More older people are living in the community with multiple diagnoses and medications. Managing multiple medications produces issues of unrivalled complexity for those involved. Despite increasing literature on the subject, gaps remain in understanding how, why and for whom compl...

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Main Authors: Ian Maidment, Sally Lawson, Geoff Wong, Andrew Booth, Anne Watson, Hadar Zaman, Judy Mullan, Jane McKeown, Sylvia Bailey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Medication management
Medication optimisation
Burden
Older people
Multi-morbidity
Polypharmacy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01568-x

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