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The medical prescription and its forensic aspects [PDF]
Batna Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 The medical prescription, often limited to the order, is a medical act of great importance. It must respond to a technical imperative for sure, but also to a law framework.
Bouaziz Farid +6 more
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Rational prescribing, appropriate prescribing [PDF]
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2004 ‘I believe’, wrote Celsus in the proem to De Medicina, ‘that the art of medicine should be rational, drawing on evident causes.’ But rationality may not be enough. Consider prescribing. We all aspire to rational prescribing, forgetting perhaps that that is not the same as appropriate prescribing.
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The effects of electronic prescribing on the quality of prescribing [PDF]
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2007 What is already known about this subject • Electronic prescribing has been shown to reduce prescribing errors in US hospitals.• However we know little about its effect on prescribing quality, or its effectiveness in UK hospitals where systems for medication prescribing and supply are very different.• Hospital pharmacists already review prescriptions ...
Donyai, P +4 more
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Adherence to prescription-writing guidelines for outpatients in Southern Gauteng district hospitals
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2020 Background: Medical prescription writing is legally and professionally regulated in order to prevent errors that can result in patients being harmed. This study assesses prescriber adherence to such regulations in primary care settings.
Jacques G. Nkera-Gutabara +1 more
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To prescribe or not to prescribe? Guidelines for spectacle prescribing in infants and children [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2011 This paper discusses the considerations for prescribing a refractive correction in infants and children up to and including school age, with reference to the current literature. The focus is on children who do not have other disorders, for example, binocular vision anomalies, such as strabismus, significant heterophoria or convergence excess.
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Cogent Medicine, 2019 Background: Certain medications place older adults at higher risk for experiencing falls. This is a modifiable risk factor that may be managed by community pharmacists, but requires prescriber acceptance of recommendations. Previous studies indicate that
Tenley Brown +4 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2017 Background Antibiotic misuse is widespread in resource-limited countries such as Cambodia where the burden of infectious diseases is high and access to antibiotics is unrestricted. We explored healthcare seeking behaviour related to obtaining antibiotics
Chhorvoin Om +4 more
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To prescribe or not to prescribe
South African Family Practice, 2002 No abstract available.
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Variation of polypharmacy in older primary care attenders occurs at prescriber level
BMC Geriatrics, 2018 Background Polypharmacy is particularly important in older persons as they are more likely to experience adverse events compared to the rest of the population.
Su Miin Ong +3 more
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Annals of Surgery Open, 2023 Background and Objectives:. Opioid overprescribing in patients undergoing breast surgery is a concern, as evidence suggests that minimal or no opioid is needed to manage pain.
Shaila J. Merchant, MD +4 more
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