Drug information for consumers: Should it be disease or medication specific? Results of a community survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 564-570

  Newby, David A ^a   Hill, Suzanne R ^a   Barker, Brent J ^a   Drew, Anna K ^b   Henry, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZATION; SATISFACTION; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0035678513     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2001.tb00327.x     Document Type: Article

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