What do general practice patients know about their prescription medications?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1162, 2002, Pages

  Jaye, Chrystal ^a   Hope, Jason ^a   Martin, Isobel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT INDICATION; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037183818     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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