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Descriptor English: Patient Medication Knowledge
Descriptor Spanish: Conocimiento de la Medicación por el Paciente
Descriptor conocimiento del paciente de la medicación
Scope note: Conocimiento sanitario por parte del paciente en relación con los medicamentos, que incluye qué medicaciones se utilizan y por qué, así como las instrucciones y precauciones para su empleo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Conhecimento do Paciente sobre a Medicação
Descriptor French: Connaissance des patients sur la médication
Entry term(s): Drug Knowledge, Patient
Knowledge, Patient Drug
Knowledge, Patient Medication
Medication Knowledge, Patient
Patient Drug Knowledge
Tree number(s): N02.421.726.407.229.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063046
Scope note: Patient health knowledge related to medications including what is being used and why as well as instructions and precautions.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
NU nursing
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2013
History Note: 2013
DeCS ID: 55149
Unique ID: D063046
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Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Patient Medication Knowledge - Preferred
Concept UI M0570970
Scope note Patient health knowledge related to medications including what is being used and why as well as instructions and precautions.
Preferred term Patient Medication Knowledge
Entry term(s) Drug Knowledge, Patient
Knowledge, Patient Drug
Knowledge, Patient Medication
Medication Knowledge, Patient
Patient Drug Knowledge



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