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Older people and medication management: from compliance to concordance

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2005

Caroline McGraw  and
Vari Drennan
Caroline McGraw
Affiliation:
Camden Primary Care Trust, University College London and Kings College London, UK Primary Care Nursing Research Unit, University College London and Kings College London, UK
Vari Drennan
Affiliation:
Primary Care Nursing Research Unit, University College London and Kings College London, UK
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The issue of not taking medicines as prescribed by medical practitioners has a history as long as the medical profession itself. The World Health Organization recently described the problem of patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses not taking their medication as prescribed as ‘a worldwide problem of striking magnitude’. Not taking medicines as prescribed has consequences not only for the individual in terms of therapeutic failure, but also for the wider society. For the individual, failure to take medication as prescribed may result in ill health, poorer quality of life, and reduced life expectancy. For the wider society, consequences include avoidable health care expenditure and the development of drug resistance.

Type
Research Article
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , May 2004 , pp. 145 - 153
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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