Analysis of responses of 267 elderly subjects to a telephone survey dealing with communications between patients and health professionals about prescribed medications indicated several age-related differences. Results showed that elderly patients received less general information and less drug-specific information than younger patients did. This occurred in both pharmacist and physician encounters.
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