Psychotropic and analgesic drug use among old people : with special focus on people living in institutional geriatric care

Old people in general, and those affected by dementia disorders in particular, are more sensitive to drug side effects than younger people. Despite this, the use of nervous system drugs and analgesics among old people is common, and has increased in recent years. Institutional geriatric care accommo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lövheim, Hugo
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för samhällsmedicin och rehabilitering 2008
Subjects:
old
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1608
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7264-504-2