Hospital doctors and their schemas about appropriate prescribing

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-193

  Higgins, Mark P ^a   Tully, Mary P ^a,b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical competence standards; Cross sectional study; Holistic care standards; Hospitals, teaching education; Physicians' practice patterns; Prescriptions, drug *standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 14044271468     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02056.x     Document Type: Article

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