Patient-centered approach for improving prescription drug warning labels

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 443-449

  Webb, Jennifer ^a   Davis, Terry C ^b   Bernadella, Pam ^c   Clayman, Marla L ^a   Parker, Ruth M ^d   Adler, Deborah ^e   Wolf, Michael S ^a,f  

^a Institute for Healthcare Studies   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Target   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Milton Glaser Inc   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug; Health literacy; Instructions; Medication; Misunderstanding; Patient centered; Prescription; Warnings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CHICAGO; DRUG LABELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 49049117089     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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