New drug prescribing by hospital doctors: The nature and meaning of knowledge

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1565-1578

  Prosser, Helen ^a   Walley, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital doctors; Knowledge construction; New drugs; Prescribing; UK

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRESCRIBING; KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 32644432637     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.035     Document Type: Article

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