Physicians, pharmacists and patients' compliance with chronic treatment in Bulgaria

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 607-612

  Petkova, Valentina ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Compliance; Information; Medication; Non compliance; Patient information leaflets; Patient pharmacist interrelation; Patient physician interrelation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BULGARIA; CANCER THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FORMULATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BULGARIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33748344674     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1271     Document Type: Article

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