Assessing lay beliefs about generic medicines: Development of the generic medicines scale

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-321

  Figueiras, Maria J ^a   Alves, Nuno C ^a   Marcelino, Dalia ^a   Cortes, Maria A ^a   Weinman, John ^b   Horne, Rob ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards the use of generics; Generic medicines; Lay beliefs

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PREFERENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUGS, GENERIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69149092389     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500802613043     Document Type: Article

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