Factors affecting patients' knowledge about dispensed medicines: A Qualitative study of healthcare professionals and patients in Pakistan.

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Factors affecting patients' knowledge about dispensed medicines: A Qualitative study of healthcare professionals and patients in Pakistan.

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BackgroundPatients' knowledge about their prescribed medicines is one of the most important antecedents of successful therapy. Poor knowledge about medicines can lead to serious consequences such as non-adherence and misunderstanding of the significance of adverse events. The objective of this study is to understand the factors that are responsible for a patients' lack of knowledge regarding their medicines, by taking the perspective of the patient as well as that of healthcare professionals....

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2018-01

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Saqib, Anum / Atif, Muhammad / Ikram, Raazeyah / Riaz, Fatima / Abubakar, Muhammad / Scahill, Shane

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/65308

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Humans / Attitude of Health Personnel / Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Professional-Patient Relations / Adult / Aged / Middle Aged / Pharmacists / Physicians / Patients / Pakistan / Female / Male / 4203 Health Services and Systems / 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences / 42 Health Sciences / Clinical Research / 7.1 Individual care needs / 7 Management of diseases and conditions / 8 Health and social care services research / 8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / 7.3 Management and decision making / 3 Good Health and Well Being / 1117 Public Health and Health Services / Health services & systems / Health Services Research

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