Why patients don’t take their medicines and what you can do about it
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Why patients don’t take their medicines and what you can do about it

Catherine Turnbull Health journalist

How to tailor conversations to patients’ individual circumstances, boost understanding of how their medications work and empower them to optimise their drug regimen

Up to 50% of people do not take their medicines as prescribed, the World Health Organization estimates.

Nursing Standard. 38, 3, 35-37. doi: 10.7748/ns.38.3.35.s14

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