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Review
. 2003 May;96(5):219-22.
doi: 10.1177/014107680309600504.

Patients' memory for medical information

Roy P C Kessels  1
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Review

Patients' memory for medical information

Roy P C Kessels. J R Soc Med. 2003 May.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Overview of Ley's model on the interactions between patient-related factors and therapy adherence (see Ref. 3)
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Comment in

  • Information recall by patients.
    Chow KM. Chow KM. J R Soc Med. 2003 Jul;96(7):370. doi: 10.1258/jrsm.96.7.370-a. J R Soc Med. 2003. PMID: 12835465 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Patients' memory for medical information.
    Shankar J. Shankar J. J R Soc Med. 2003 Oct;96(10):520. doi: 10.1177/014107680309601027. J R Soc Med. 2003. PMID: 14519740 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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