Making medication instructions usable

Ergonomics in Design

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 7-12

  Altman Klein, Helen ^a   Isaacson, Judith J ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; MEDICATION INSTRUCTIONS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0037731256     PISSN: 10648046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106480460301100204     Document Type: Article

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