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Physician communication when prescribing new medications.
Tarn DM, Heritage J, Paterniti DA, Hays RD, Kravitz RL, Wenger NS. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1855-1862.

The investigators analyzed the quality of physician communication with patients when prescribing new medications and found that physicians typically covered three of the five identified key elements.
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