Factors influencing inappropriate antibiotic prescription in Europe

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 291-293

  Oxford, John ^a,d   Goossens, Herman ^b   Schedler, Michael ^c   Sefton, Armine ^d   Sessa, Aurelio ^e   Van Der Velden, Alike ^f  

^a Retroscreen Virology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ENT Specialist   (Germany)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Italian College of General Practitioners SIMG   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing; Behaviour change; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICATION; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84881297182     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2013.11494187     Document Type: Article

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