Giving Medicines to Children: Understanding the Parents' Views

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-69

  Sweis, Dimah ^a   Wong, Ian C K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LETTER; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG PREFERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRESCRIPTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACCINATION;

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PARENTS;

EID: 1542317460     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148581-200406010-00005     Document Type: Letter

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