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Prescription drug abuse among older adults
— a family ecological case study | | Author(s) | Martha Morgan, Whitney A Brosi |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 26, no 5, November 2007 |
| Pages | pp 419-432 |
| Source | http://jag.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Drug taking ; Drugs ; Case studies ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The issue of prescription drug abuse among the older population is multi-faceted. Such abuse has implications for the individual's health and his or her family relationships, and has other ecological dimensions. In this qualitative case study, one family's experience with prescription drug abuse is examined using human ecological theory as a guiding framework. Findings include the powerful role played by the medical community, influence of societal biases and family conflict. Implications for training physicians, developing clinical assessments, family treatment and future research are discussed. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071206218 A |
| Classmark | ETD: LLD: 69P: 3DP: 7T |
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