The effect of illustrations on patient comprehension of medication instruction labels

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hwang, Stephen W ^a,b   Tram, Carolyn Q N ^b   Knarr, Nadia ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; READING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG LABELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; DRUG LABELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 23244466269     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-26     Document Type: Article

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