Reasons for physicians' thendency to irrational prescription of corticoster-oids

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 724-729

  Yousef, Nazila ^a,b   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a,c   Valadkhani, Mahboube ^b   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^a,c   Mohammadi, Hanie ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Inappropriate prescriptions; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FLUPIRTINE; MORPHINOMIMETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 84870200660     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.2284     Document Type: Article

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