Prescribing opioids in general practice
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Promoting Rational Drug Prescribing in General Practice
Vægter, K. 2013. Promoting Rational Drug Prescribing in General Practice. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 858. 64 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-8582-5. Aims: To introduce the concepts “quality assurance”, “rational drug prescribing” and “outreach visits” in general practice in Storstrøm County, Denmark and stud...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nurse Prescribing
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1479-9189,2052-2924
DOI: 10.12968/npre.2017.15.7.322