Medication Literacy: Why Pharmacists Should Pay Attention.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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6. Medication Literacy Test for Older Adults: psychometric analysis and standardization of the new instrument.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2024
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7. Medication Literacy in Chinese Patients with Stroke and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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8. Osteoarthritis management: Does the pharmacist play a role in bridging the gap between what patients actually know and what they ought to know? Insights from a national online survey.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022
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9. Medication Literacy in Hospitalized Older Adults: Concept Development.Health literacy research and practice · 2022
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10. Status and influencing factors of medication literacy among Chinese caregivers of discharged children with Kawasaki disease.Frontiers in public health · 2022
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11. Knowledge and Practices of Community Pharmacists in Topical Dermatological Treatments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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12. Pharmacotherapy Literacy of Parents in the Rural and Urban Areas of Serbia-Are There Any Differences?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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