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Editorial
. 2020 Mar;16(1):190338.
doi: 10.1183/20734735.0338-2019.

Education makes people take their medication: myth or maxim?

Ellen M Driever  1 , Paul L P Brand  2   3
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Editorial

Education makes people take their medication: myth or maxim?

Ellen M Driever et al. Breathe (Sheff). 2020 Mar.

Abstract

Education on its own doesn't make people take their treatment as intended. However, when it follows shared decision making, in which patient and doctor together agree on the best course of therapeutic action, education helps patients take their treatment. http://bit.ly/2G2XswD.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: E.M. Driever has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: P.L.P. Brand has nothing to disclose.

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The common-sense model of medication adherence behaviour. Data from [12, 13].
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