Variations in understanding the drug-prescribing process: A qualitative study among Swedish GPs

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-127

  Rahmner, Pia Bastholm ^a,b,c   Gustafsson, Lars I ^a,d   Larsson, Jan ^c   Rosenqvist, Urban ^c   Tomson, Göran ^b   Holmström, Inger ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Phenomenography; Prescribing behaviour; Prescribing practice; Rational drug prescribing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; PATIENT SAFETY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DRUG COSTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG TOXICITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62849111703     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn103     Document Type: Article

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