Identifying and assisting low-literacy patients with medication use: A survey of community pharmacies

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1441-1445

  Praska, Jessica L ^a   Kripalani, Sunil ^b   Seright, Antoinette L ^c   Jacobson, Terry A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Compliance; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPREHENSION; DRUG USE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; TEACHING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GEORGIA; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23944517236     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1G094     Document Type: Review

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