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Patient information leaflets: informing or frightening? A focus group study exploring patients’ emotional reactions and subsequent behavior towards package leaflets of commonly prescribed medications in family practices

BACKGROUND: The purpose of patient information leaflets (PILs) is to inform patients about the administration, precautions and potential side effects of their prescribed medication. Despite European Commission guidelines aiming at increasing readability and comprehension of PILs little is known abou...

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Autores principales: Herber, Oliver Rudolf, Gies, Verena, Schwappach, David, Thürmann, Petra, Wilm, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4287479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25277783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-15-163