Misunderstandings in prescribing decisions in general practice: Qualitative study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7233, 2000, Pages 484-488

  Britten, Nicky ^a   Stevenson, Fiona A ^b   Barry, Christine A ^a   Barber, Nick ^c   Bradley, Colin P ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; E45 CREAM; STEROID; TEMAZEPAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FIBROMYALGIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THRUSH;

EID: 0034685238     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7233.484     Document Type: Article

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