Why don't patients take their drugs? The role of communication, context and culture in patient adherence and the work of the pharmacist in HIV/AIDS

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-318

  Penn, Claire ^a   Watermeyer, Jennifer ^a   Evans, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adherence; Antiretrovirals; Health professionals; Patient; Pharmacist; Qualitative; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; NARRATIVE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEAMWORK; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COUNSELING; CULTURE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79958772017     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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