Physician-patient communication about over-the-counter medications

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-369

  Sleath, Betsy ^a   Rubin, Richard H ^b   Campbell, William ^a   Gwyther, Lisa ^c   Clark, Trina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Information giving; Over the counter medications; Physician patient communication; Question asking; USA

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 0035020873     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00341-5     Document Type: Article

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