Effect of provision of the NHS NPSA oral anticoagulant therapy patient information pack upon patients' knowledge and anticoagulant control

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 231-233

  Fairbairn Smith, L ^a   Cope, W ^b   Robinson, B ^b   Kamali, F ^a   Wynne, H ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WARFARIN;

EID: 78650954942     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.04079.x     Document Type: Letter

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