The importance of establishing regimen concordance in preventing medication errors in anticoagulant care

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 555-567

  Schillinger, Dean ^a,b   Wang, Frances ^a   Rodriguez, Maytrella ^a   Bindman, Andrew ^a   Machtinger, Edward L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UNITED STATES;

ANTICOAGULANTS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 33748476983     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730600829874     Document Type: Article

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