Why people matter in medicine
This report from the RCP highlights the part that patient understanding and belief plays in determining whether or not a medicine is taken as advised, or even taken at all and notes that ‘conversations need to be derived from what the public wants and needs to know about medicines and their effects – not from what professionals want to tell them.
This bulletin is brought to you by Library and Knowledge Services. It aims to keep you up-to-date with patient services issues. At the beginning of each month, a librarian will update the bulletin with relevant information published in the preceding month. If there are areas you think we also need to cover, please let us know.
