Improving adherence to prescribed drugs

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7721, 2009, Pages 586-

  De Almeida Neto, Abilio C ^a   Aslani, Parisa ^a   Chen, Timothy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 70349095963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3282     Document Type: Editorial

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