Concordance is not synonymous with compliance or adherence [1]

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 710-711

  Bell, J Simon ^a   Airaksinen, Marja S ^a   Lyles, Alan ^b   Chen, Timothy F ^c   Aslani, Parisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCORDANCE; CONSULTATION; DIURESIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 35248839986     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2007.02971_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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