Intentional non-adherence to medications by older adults

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 149-157

  Mukhtar, Omar ^a   Weinman, John ^b   Jackson, Stephen H D ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERIATRIC CARE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84903363330     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-014-0153-9     Document Type: Review

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