Strategies for coping in a complex world: Adherence behavior among older adults with chronic illness

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 805-810

  Elliott, Rachel A ^a   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^b   Adams, Alyce S ^b   Safran, Dana Gelb ^c   Soumerai, Stephen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Health behavior; Patient compliance; Patient geriatric; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 34248569590     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0193-5     Document Type: Article

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