Nature and frequency of exchanges on medications during primary care encounters

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 64, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 207-216

  Richard, Claude ^a   Lussier, Marie Thérèse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Discourse analysis; Doctor patient communication; Doctor patient relationship; Interpersonal communication; Medication; Prescription; Prescription dialogue; Prescription discourse

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CORTISONE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HORMONE; MINERAL; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSULTATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC;

EID: 33750977144     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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