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- Doctors
- Characteristics: middle age, very busy, has a lot of patients to deal with, very knowledgeable about disease and medicine
- Needs and Goals:
- want to know if patients have taken the medications correctly
- want to know if the medications are effective or have any side effects
- is interested about the progress of the illness
- like direct feedback from patients a lot
- Elderly Patients
- Characteristics: old age, may have variable lifestyles to accommodate (ex: sedentary, athletic, active, busy), may have variable physical/mental/emotional capabilities, may have bad memory(old people)
- Needs and Goals:
- for the self-medication process to be quick and easy yet hopefully always correct
- does not want having to take medication to interfere with lifestyle
- wants medications to do what they are supposed to