Adherence to medications: Towards a shared understanding

Gary Mitchell

doi:10.12968/npre.2014.12.11.564

Adherence to medications: Towards a shared understanding

Gary Mitchell

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Abstract

Patient adherence to medication is a complex issue that is important to patients, health professionals, policy makers and health researchers. This article will provide some background to the phenomenon in relation to adherence, its cost to the health service, how adherence is measured in health research and how concordance and health psychology can aid practitioners in assisting patients in staying adherent to their medication regimens

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	564-568
Journal	Nurse Prescribing
Volume	12
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2014.12.11.564
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2014

Keywords

Medications
Medication Safety
Medication Adherence
Medication Management
Concordance
Decision Making

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