Communicating Clearly about Medicines (English, National Academies of Sciences Engineeri | Health, Medicine Division | Board on Population Health, Public He)

About the Book

Research conducted over the past two decades has shown that poor patient understanding of medication instructions is an important contributor to the more than 1 million medication errors and adverse drug events that lead to office and emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and even death. Patients who have limited literacy skills, who have multiple comorbidities, and who are elderly face the greatest risk, and limited literacy skills are signif…

ISBN: 9780309461856