Does knowledge of drug prescribing predict drug management of standardized patients in office practice?

Medical Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 132-137

  Grad, Roland ^a   Tamblyn, Robyn ^a   McLeod, Peter J ^a   Snell, Linda ^a   Illescas, Alfred ^a   Boudreau, Don ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Doctor's practice patterns; Drug therapy, standard; Family practice; Health services for the aged, standards; KAP; Quality of health care; Quebec

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030869557     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1997.tb02472.x     Document Type: Article

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