Appropriate prescribing of medications: An eight-step approach

American Family Physician

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-236

  Pollock, Madelyn ^a,d   Bazaldua, Oralia V ^b   Dobbie, Alison E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ACCURACY; ANKLE EDEMA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LEARNING; MEDICAL ERROR; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 33846432412     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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