Titre :
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Physician-patient communication about over-the-counter medications. (2001)
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Auteurs :
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Betsy SLEATH ;
William CAMPBELL ;
Trina CLARK ;
Lisa GWYTHER ;
Richard-H RUBIN ;
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research and School of Pharmacy. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Beard Hall. Chapel Hill. NC. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 53, n° 3, 2001)
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Pagination :
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357-369
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Relation médecin malade
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Relation sociale
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Homme
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Médicament
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Communication
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS SR0xa1Z1. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The purpose of this study was to describe physician-patient communication about over-the-counter medications using a data set comprised of audio-tapes and transcripts of 414 primary care medical visits. The data set was collected during 1995 at the family practice and general medicine clinics at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. Twenty-seven resident physicians and 414 of their adult patients participated. Fifty-seven percent of patients reported using one or more OTC medications during the past month. Analgesics, cold or allergy products, and antacids were the most commonly used OTC medications. White patients were significantly more likely to have reported using an analgesic in the past month than non-white patients. Female, white, and younger patients were more likely to have reported using a cold or allergy product in the past month than male, non-white, and older patients. Approximately 58% of patients discussed OTC medications with their physicians. Older patients and female patients as well as patients who reported using an antacid in the past month were significantly more likely to have discussed OTC medications with their physicians. Physicians asked questions about OTC medications during only 37% of encounters. Patients asked questions about OTC medications during 11% of encounters. Patient ethnicity did not influence physician or patient question-asking and information-giving about OTC medications. Male physicians were more likely to state information and ask questions about OTC medications than female physicians. Patients were more likely to ask male physicians questions about OTC medications. Physicians were more likely to state OTC information to and ask OTC questions of female and older patients. Physicians were more likely to ask less educated patients questions about OTC medications. Less educated patients were more likely to ask physicians
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