Category | Code |
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A: Realized benefits of using PDAs | 1. Enhancing the psychological impact of treatment |
2. Adherence to principles of medical ethics | |
3. Increasing patients’ accountability in clinical decision making | |
4. Patients’ treatment follow-up | |
5. Cost reduction | |
B: Patient- related barriers in using PDAs | 1. Patients’ level of education and knowledge concerns |
2. Patients’ cultural problems | |
C: Physician-related barriers in using PDAs | 1. Lack of resources |
2. Lack of an evaluation system for monitoring patients and physicians’ rights | |
3. Lack of an appropriate role model among medical instructors |