Key principles to guide development of consumer medicine information - Content analysis of information design texts

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 700-706

  Raynor, David K ^a   Dickinson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Consumation ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumers; Drug information; Readability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DRUG INFORMATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 65749097210     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1L522     Document Type: Article

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