Provider views about responsibility for medication adherence and content of physician-older patient discussions

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1019-1026

  Tarn, Derjung M ^a   Mattimore, Thomas J ^a   Bell, Douglas S ^a,b   Kravitz, Richard L ^c   Wenger, Neil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication adherence; Patient physician relationship; Prescription medication; Provider patient communication

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RESPONSIBILITY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862159320     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03969.x     Document Type: Article

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