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BMJ Open, 2022 Introduction UK higher education (HE) student numbers are increasing and students report higher levels of mental health and well-being issues. Social prescribing links individuals to community-based, non-medical support.
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Medication Errors Associated With Adverse Drug Reactions in Iran (2015-2017): A P-Method Approach [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018 Medication errors are the second most common cause of adverse patient safety incidents and the single most common preventable cause of adverse events in medical practice.
Zahra Karimian +5 more
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Antibiotics, 2022 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a threat to public health. Addressing unnecessary antibiotic use provides an opportunity to reduce antibiotic consumption and to slow AMR.
Kayla Hika +3 more
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Statin Prescription Patterns and Associations with Subclinical Inflammation
Medicina, 2022 Background and Objectives: Statins have been extensively utilised in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) prevention and can inhibit inflammation.
Preetham Kadappu +5 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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Antimicrobial Prescribing in the Emergency Department; Who Is Calling the Shots?
Antibiotics, 2021 Objective: Inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing in the emergency department (ED) can lead to poor outcomes. It is unknown how often the prescribing clinician is guided by others, and whether prescriber factors affect appropriateness of prescribing ...
Laura M. Hamill +5 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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Building the social prescribing student movement in Canada
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in CanadaIntroductionSocial prescribing is defined as “a means for trusted individuals in clinical and community settings to identify that a person has nonmedical, health-related social needs and to subsequently connect them to nonclinical ...
Caitlin Muhl +3 more
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European Journal of General PracticeBackground Social prescribing (SP) is a patient pathway by which healthcare professionals connect patients with other sources of support, groups, or activities within their community.
Sinah Evers +6 more
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