Medicine use and medicine-related problems experienced by ethnic minority patients in the United Kingdom: A review

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 277-287

  Alhomoud, Faten ^a   Dhillon, Soraya ^b   Aslanpour, Zoe ^b   Smith, Felicity ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

inequality and ethnic minorities; medicine management; medicine use; medicine related problems

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARDIAC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

INEQUALITY AND ETHNIC MINORITIES; MEDICINE MANAGEMENT; MEDICINE USE; MEDICINE-RELATED PROBLEMS;

COMMUNICATION; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 84883497086     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: 20427174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijpp.12007     Document Type: Review

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