Patients' decisions about whether or not to take antihypertensive drugs: Qualitative study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7369, 2002, Pages 873-876

  Benson, John ^a   Britten, Nicky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0037137059     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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