Factors influencing physicians' prescribing behaviour in the treatment of childhood diarrhoea: Knowledge may not be the clue

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1141-1153

  Paredes, Patricia ^a,c   De La Peña, Manuela ^a   Flores Guerra, Enrique ^a   Diaz, Judith ^a   Trostle, James ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood diarrhoea; Physician practices; Prescribing practices; Social expectations

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERU; PRESCRIPTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0342902637     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00387-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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