Balanced prescribing - principles and challenges

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 566-572

  Aronson, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Benefit to harm balance; Medication errors; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMINOPHENAZONE; AMIODARONE; AMPICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; BECLOMETASONE; CARBIMAZOLE; DIGOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HLA B ANTIGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

ALLERGIC RASH; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LIVER INJURY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION ERROR; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84865837030     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04413.x     Document Type: Article

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