Disciplines and Occupations

Patient Medication Knowledge

Patient health knowledge related to medications including what is being used and why as well as instructions and precautions.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Patient health knowledge related to medications including what is being used and why as well as instructions and precautions.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Patient Drug Knowledge
  • Drug Knowledge, Patient
  • Knowledge, Patient Drug
  • Knowledge, Patient Medication
  • Medication Knowledge, Patient

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, nursing, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2013

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Tree Numbers

  1. H02w.403w.720w.750w.380w.229.500w.500
  2. N02.421.726.407w.229.500w.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Patient Medication Knowledge. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D063046. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D063046
  2. Patient Medication Knowledge. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70437478