Medication Management in Older Adults

1. Is There a Problem? The Evidence of Types and Causes of Medication Errors by Healthcare Workers
Michael Murray

2. Quality Use of Medicines: Policy and Practice
Susan Hunt

3. The Ethics of Prescribing Medications to Older People
David G. Couteur, Hal Kendig, Vasi Naganathan, Andrew J. McLachlan

4. Common Medication Errors in the Acute Care Sector
Susan Koch, Helen Forbes, Pauline Wong

5. Common Medication Errors in Long-Term Care Settings
Catherine Edgar, Penny Harvey

6. The Impact of Medication on Nutritional Status of Older People
Yvonne Coleman

7. Medication Management in Older Adults: What a Systematic Review Tells Us
Brent Hodgkinson

8. Misuse of Formulations in the Aged Care Setting
Andrew J. McLachlan, Iqbal Ramzan

9. Electronic Health Records, Medications, and Long-Term Care
F. Michael Gloth

10. Computerized Order Entry
F. Michael Gloth

11. Inappropriate Prescribing: Beers Criteria, Polypharmacy, and Drug Burden
F. Michael Gloth

12. Dosing Errors: Age-Related Changes in Pharmacokinetics
Andrew J. McLachlan, Sarah N. Hilmer, David G. Couteur

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Internal Medicine