Standardizing medication labels: confusing patients less: workshop summary
Auteur :
Institute of Medicine / Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice / Roundtable on Health Literacy
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309115292
Date de publication :
15 avr. 2008
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
As a patient's most tangible source of information about what drug has been prescribed and how that drug is to be taken, the label on a container of prescription medication is a crucial line of defense against such medication safety problems, yet almost half of all patients misunderstand label instructions about how to take their medicines.