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Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

LIVE: Thursday 27th June 2024, 18:00-19:30 (CEST)
Join our expert panel to discover why you need to understand the drivers of non-adherence in your patients, and how you can optimize medication adherence in your clinics to drastically improve patient outcomes.
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Title
21st ESICM Annual Congress
Publication date
01-09-2008
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Intensive Care Medicine / Issue Special Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
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