Medication Adherence and Beliefs About Medication
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Medication Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 61024
Special Issue Editors
Interests: patients' perceptions of medication; factors influencing patients' decisions about treatment; shared decision making; medication adherence; safety and quality of medication use
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Interests: behaviour change; predictors of health-related behaviours; cancer screening; medication adherence; improving patient safety
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The scope of this Special Issue is to disseminate research evidence on patients’ and carers’ beliefs about and experiences of medicines, including barriers and facilitators to taking medication, and how these might impact medication adherence. The Issue will include research on the development and testing of interventions to increase adherence, particularly when these are grounded in the patient/carer perspective. Research relating to shared decision-making about medicines between patients and healthcare professionals is within the scope of the Issue.
Submissions may be quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods research or reviews that meet established review standards, and data may be from primary or secondary sources. All types of study design will be considered. All healthcare settings, including acute care, long-term care, community and home care, mental health, and primary care will be included. All populations and medical conditions will be considered.
Dr. Sara Garfield
Dr. Gaby Judah
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Adherence
- Medicines
- Shared decision-making
- Patients
- Carers
- Beliefs
- Attitudes
- Barriers
- Facilitators
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