Evaluating explanations about drug prescriptions: Effects of varying the nature of information about side effects and its relative position in explanations

Psychology and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 767-784

  Berry, Dianne C ^a   Michas, Irene C ^a   De Rosis, Fiorella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adherence to medication; Explanation; Giving patients information about side effects; Patient information; Written information about drug prescriptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032251828     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449808407431     Document Type: Article

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