A systematic review of the research on communication between patients and health care professionals about medicines: The consequences for concordance

Health Expectations

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-245

  Stevenson, Fiona A ^a   Cox, Kate ^b   Britten, Nicky ^c   Dundar, Yenal ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Concordance; Health care professional patient interaction; Medicine taking; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER; DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 4444361791     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2004.00281.x     Document Type: Review

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