Communication with patients who are dispensed a first prescription of chronic medication in the community pharmacy

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 417-422

  van Hulten, Rolf ^a   Blom, Lyda ^a   Mattheusens, Johan ^a   Wolters, Majanne ^a   Bouvy, Marcel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Community pharmacy; Counseling; First prescription; Observation; Patient centered; Scoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACY; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79958772625     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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