Factors Affecting Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs in General Practice
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Psychotropic Drugs in General Practice.
Earlier articles in this series have examined the indications for prescribing in a wide range of diseases and for defined problems in the hospital setting and in general practice. They have highlighted the side effects of most relevance to the patient and to try to repeat or even summarize this information would be regarded as unnecessary. My intention is to focus on three selected topics, each...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0281-3432,1502-7724
DOI: 10.3109/02813438809009311