The prescribing of specialist medicines: What factors influence GPs' decision making?

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-308

  Crowe, Sarah ^a   Tully, Mary P ^b   Cantrill, Judith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; GP; Prescribing; Primary care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG CHOICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRESCRIPTIONS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 67949106662     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp030     Document Type: Article

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