The complex issue of medication management in older persons: a challenge for nurses
With increasing life expectancy, the share of older persons with coexisting multiple chronic degenerative diseases (comorbidity / multimorbidity) is expanding. These conditions require the use of multiple drugs, leading to polypharmacy, which plays a central role in making the therapeutic approach t...
Main Authors: | Carmen Maria Vitiello, Yari Longobucco, Sofia Espinoza Tofalos, Mauro Di Bari |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2022-06-01
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Series: | Infermieristica Journal |
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Online Access: | https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/if/article/view/1714 |
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