Open AccessBeyond Abuse and Exposure: Framing the Impact of Prescription-Medication Sharing
Author(s) -
Richard C. Goldsworthy,
Nancy Schwartz,
Christopher B. Mayhorn
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.123257
Subject(s) - medical prescription , framing (construction) , medicine , family medicine , medication adherence , alternative medicine , psychiatry , pharmacology , engineering , structural engineering , pathology
We sought to document the frequency, circumstances, and consequences of prescription medication-sharing behaviors and to use a medication-sharing impact framework to organize the resulting data regarding medication-loaning and -borrowing practices.