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- 2019
The impact of personal and cultural beliefs on medication adherence of patients with chronic illnesses: a systematic reviewDOI: 10.2147/PPA.S212046 Keywords: perception of illness, health beliefs, culture, medication adherence, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Abstract: Patients’ adherence to therapeutic regimes may be influenced by subjective beliefs about chronic conditions. One of the challenges for health professionals in enhancing adherence is taking patients’ understanding into account when giving health advice and/or providing medical treatment
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