Patient perspectives on multiple medications versus combined pills: A qualitative study

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 885-893

  Williams, B ^c   Shaw, A ^a   Durrant, R ^c   Crinson, I ^a   Pagliari, C ^b   de Lusignan, S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DICLOFENAC; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIGESTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 30444434210     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci139     Document Type: Article

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