Medical reconciliation of dietary supplements: Don't ask, don't tell

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 512-517

  Gardiner, Paula ^a   Sadikova, Ekaterina ^a   Filippelli, Amanda C ^a   White, Laura F ^b   Jack, Brian W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adherence; Continuity of care transition and discharge planning; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84927926816     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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