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Parisa Aslani1, Marie Paule Schneider
1Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Pharmacy and Bank Building A15, Broadway, NSW, 2006, Australia, parisa.aslani@sydney.edu.au.
Abstract:
Patient adherence to medications has been an issue challenging healthcare professionals for decades. Adherence rates, causes of non-adherence, barriers and enablers to medication taking, interventions to promote adherence, and the impact of non-adherence on health outcomes, have been extensively studied. In light of this, the area of adherence research has progressed conceptually and practically. This special issue contains a range of articles which focus on different aspects of adherence, from standardising terminology and methods of measurement, to non-adherence in a broad range of patient populations, and to interventions to promote adherence.
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