Assisting aboriginal patients with medication management

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Larkin, Cathy ^a   Murray, Richard ^b  

^a Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compliance; Drug utilisation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NIFEDIPINE; OLANZAPINE; PROBENECID; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ABORIGINE; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW;

EID: 25144499762     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: 03128008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2005.095     Document Type: Review

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