The doctor-patient relationship and prescribing patterns: A view from primary care

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 599-603

  Steinke, Doug T ^a   MacDonald, Thomas M ^a   Davey, Peter G ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033429631     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199916060-00001     Document Type: Review

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