Improving medication adherence
Subtitle: how to talk with patients about their medications
By: Shawn Christopher Shea.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Physician and patient; Patient compliance; Patient education; Medication abuse; Treatment Refusal; Drug Therapy; Interviews -- methods; Physician-Patient Relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nonadherence: the extent of the problem; title: The crux of the problem: the nature of medication nonadherence; title: How do patients choose to take a medication?; title: Is it really noncompliance?; title: Outside the office: the weighing of the pros and cons; title: A question of efficacy; title: A question of cost; title: A question of meaning; title: Medication interest redux, caring for the patient.