This article reviews an aspect of daily clinical practice which is of critical importance in
virtually every clinical consultation, but which is seldom formally considered. Non-clinical …

Decision making is one of the most complex skills required of an oncologist and is affected
by a broad range of parameters. For example, the wide variety of treatment options, with …

ContextLandmark clinical trials have demonstrated the survival benefits of statins, with
benefits usually starting after 1 to 2 years of treatment. Research prior to these trials of older …

Objectives. The aim of this study was to understand the range of factors that influence GPs'
uptake of new drugs Methods. A total of 107 GPs selected purposively from high, medium …

PURPOSE: To determine the rates of patient adherence to key evidence-based therapies at
6 months after hospital discharge for an acute coronary syndrome. METHODS: In this …

BACKGROUND: Acute coronary syndrome includes life-threatening clinical conditions
ranging from unstable angina to non-Q-wave myocardial infarction and Q-wave myocardial …

Background. Prescription of new drugs contributes to substantial increases in annual drug
expenditures. A small proportion of physicians appear to be early users of new prescription …

Aims To demonstrate an epidemiological method to assess predictors of prescribing errors.
Methods A retrospective case‐control study, comparing prescriptions with and without …

Background Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) in older people is common in primary
care and can result in increased morbidity, adverse drug events, hospitalizations and …

Objective To explore the influence of hospitalisation on the prescription of drugs in the
primary care sector using prescription data of a major statutory health insurance (SHI) …