GPs' recognition of, and response to, influences on patients' medicine taking: The implications for communication

Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-123

  Stevenson, Fiona A ^b   Gerrett, David ^a   Rivers, Peter ^a   Wallace, Gwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Beliefs about medicine; Doctor patient communication; Information sources; Oral steroids

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG THERAPY; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; SIMULATION; TELEVISION;

EID: 0034120498     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/17.2.119     Document Type: Article

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