Review of Instruments used in clinical practice to assess patients' ability to manage medications

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-41

  Elliott, Rohan A ^a,b   Marriott, Jennifer L ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPREHENSION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; SAMPLE; SKILL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

EID: 77951220644     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2010.tb00723.x     Document Type: Article

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