Beyond needs and expectations: Identifying the barriers and facilitators to written medicine information provision and use in Australia

Health Expectations

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 220-231

  Hamrosi, Kim K ^a   Aslani, Parisa ^a   Raynor, David K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Facilitators; Patient education; Patient information; Qualitative; Written medicine information

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84896287043     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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