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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, Laurel B. Ragaven   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Learning to prescribe - pharmacists' experiences of supplementary prescribing training in England [PDF]

, 2008
Background: The introduction of non-medical prescribing for professions such as pharmacy and nursing in recent years offers additional responsibilities and opportunities but attendant training issues.
A Elston, Allen Hutchinson, Anthony Avery, Centre for the Advancement of Inter-professional Education (CAIPE), Claire Anderson, D Dawoud, D Silverman, Department of Health, Department of Health, E Bradley, Elizabeth Murphy, F Lloyd, J George, Joanne Lymn, Julie Ratcliffe, L Emmerton, Louise Guillaume, M Offredy, M Tully, P Black, P Buckley, Paul Bissell, Paul Ward, R Jones, Richard J Cooper, RJ Cooper, RJ Cooper, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, S Morrison-Griffiths, S Warchal   +30 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.
openaire   +2 more sources

Adherence to adjuvant therapy in post-menopausal breast cancer patients: A review [PDF]

, 2011
This is the post-print version of the Article. The official published version can be accessed from the link below - Copyright @ 2012 John Wiley & Sons, IncThis review aimed to address the concept of adherence to adjuvant therapy in post-menopausal women.
Banning, M
core   +1 more source

Analysis of the relationship between patients’ fear of falling and prescriber acceptance of community pharmacists’ recommendations

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, Jessica M. Robinson, Chelsea P. Renfro, Susan J. Blalock, Stefanie Ferreri   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physician Characteristics Associated With Opioid Prescribing After Same-Day Breast Surgery in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study

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, Jonas P. Shellenberger, MSc, Monakshi Sawhney, PhD, Julie La, MD, Susan B. Brogly, PhD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pervasive antibiotic misuse in the Cambodian community: antibiotic-seeking behaviour with unrestricted access

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, Frances Daily, Erika Vlieghe, James C. McLaughlin, Mary-Louise McLaws   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

To prescribe or not to prescribe

South African Family Practice, 2002
No abstract available.
openaire   +2 more sources

Measures that can be used to teach critical thinking skills in nurse prescribers [PDF]

, 2006
Critical thinking is a pervasive skill that involves scrutinizing, differentiating, and appraising information and reflecting on the information gained in order to make judgements and inform clinical decisions. Studies inform us of the need for agreement
Adams, Banning, Banning, Bethune, Biggs, Boychuk Duchscher, Boychuk Duchscher, Brookfield, Clarke, Daly, Daly, Department of Health, Devitt, Elliott, Facione, Fraser, Gendrop, Gilmartin, Girot, Girot, Haith-Cooper, Ip, Irvine, Jones, Kawashima, Koch, Lee, Liimatainen, Loving, Maggi Banning, Marton, O’Neill, Pond, Ribbons, Seymour, Simpson, White, Wong   +37 more
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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, Yvonne Mei Fong Lim, Sheamini Sivasampu, Ee Ming Khoo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source