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What makes DOT work?
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- Author(s): Garner, Paul
- Source:
Lancet. 10/24/1998, Vol. 352 Issue 9137, p1326-1327. 2p.
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- Abstract:
Comments on directly observed therapy (DOT), a strategy by which patients are watched while taking their treatment for tuberculosis. DOT as a way to improve patient adherence to the therapeutic regimen; Reference to the study by Merrick Zwarenstein and colleagues published in this issue questioning the dogma in a trial comparing DOT with self-administered therapy; Strategies having a positive effect on adherence; The burden of work imposed by DOT.
