Designing Written Medication Instructions: Effective Ways to Help Older Adults Self-Medicate
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- 1 May 2005
- journal article
- Published by SLACK, Inc. in Journal of Gerontological Nursing
- Vol. 31 (5) , 5-9
Abstract
Delivering written medication instructions is a goal nurses can help fulfill by providing older adults with tools to retain information about why, how, and when to use their prescriptions.Keywords
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