The discomfort caused by patient pressure on the prescribing decisions of hospital prescribers

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-15

  Lewis, Penny J ^a   Tully, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital; Patient demand; Prescribing; Qualitative interviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS;

EID: 79952604557     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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