Clinical provider perceptions of proactive medication discontinuation

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 277-283

  Linsky, Amy ^a,c,d   Simon, Steven R ^a,c,d   Marcello, Thomas B ^a,d   Bokhour, Barbara ^b,e  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; WORKLOAD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; POLYPHARMACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84920787385     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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