Understanding the prescription of antidepressants: A Qualitative study among French GPs

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mercier, Alain ^a   Auger Aubin, Isabelle ^b   Lebeau, Jean Pierre ^c   Royen, Paul ^d   Peremans, Lieve ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 80053173303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-99     Document Type: Article

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