Why are eligible patients not prescribed aspirin in primary care? A qualitative study indicating measures for improvement

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-7

  Short, Duncan ^a   Frischer, Martin ^a   Bashford, James ^a   Ashcroft, Darren ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INDICATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ASPIRIN; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 2942735488     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-4-9     Document Type: Article

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