Pharmacists should support unintentionally non-adherent patients

Pharmacy in Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 212-216

  Bhattacharia, Debi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Norfolk Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; BECLOMETASONE; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; SIMVASTATIN;

AGING; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR; BLISTER PACK; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EFFERVESCENT TABLET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIQUID; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACIST; PRESBYOPIA; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SWALLOWING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33845448974     PISSN: 13581538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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