The DARTS tool for assessing online medicines information

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 898-906

  Närhi, Ulla ^a   Pohjanoksa Mäntylä, Marika ^b   Karjalainen, Anna ^c   Saari, Johanna K ^b   Wahlroos, Hannes ^c   Airaksinen, Marja S ^b   Bell, Simon J ^b  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL AGENCY FOR MEDICINES   (Finland)

Author keywords

DARTS tool; Drug information; Finland; Patient information; Patient participation; Qualitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG QUALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549105179     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-008-9249-9     Document Type: Article

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