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July 04, 2008 03:55 EST
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Study: Physicians often fail to give medication instructions
Physicians frequently failed to communicate specific instructions to patients about newly prescribed medications, including dosing, adverse effects and how long to take the medication, in a study of outpatient encounters at two California healthcare systems published Sept. 26 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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