Anticoagulation education: Do patients understand potential medication-related emergencies?

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-31

  Moreland, Christopher J ^a,b   Kravitz, Richard L ^c   Paterniti, Debora A ^d   Li, Chin Shang ^d   Lin, Tzu Chun ^d   White, Richard H ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Biostatistics ^*

^e Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLEEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WARFARIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874436231     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(13)39005-9     Document Type: Article

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