Predictors of misunderstanding pediatric liquid medication instructions

Family Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 715-721

  Bailey, Stacy Cooper ^a   Pandit, Anjali U ^a   Yin, Shonna ^b   Federman, Alex ^b   Davis, Terry C ^c   Parker, Ruth M ^d   Wolf, Michael S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG INFORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMPREHENSION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POVERTY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450184003     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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