A secret inability to comply. The price of illiteracy.
Imagine being unable to read the directions on your prescription vial or package of over-the-counter medication. It sounds like a nightmare, but one in 10 pharmacy patients are illiterate. This article reviews how pharmacists can help patients with low or non-existent literacy skills by modifying label instructions, improving patient counselling techniques and using symbols, pictures and audio tapes.
D003144:Communication Barriers; D003376:Counseling; D004348:Drug Labeling; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010595:Pharmacists; D012646:Self Administration