Qualitative research is becoming more prominent in medicine. It is still not clear how it can
address either clinical or biopsychosocial research questions. Methodologic standards and …

Objectives: To examine the effect of patients' expectations for medication and doctors'
perceptions of patients' expectations on prescribing when patients present with new …

Medical practice variation (MPV) is marked, apparently ubiquitous across the health sector,
well documented, and continues to be a focus of professional and policy interest. MPV have …

The effect of education on health has been increasing over the past several decades. We
hypothesize that this increasing disparity is related to health-related technical progress …

OBJECTIVE--To explore the discomfort experienced by general practitioners in relation to
decisions about whether or not to prescribe. DESIGN--Focused interviews of general …

Drugs are the mainstay of medical treatment, yet there are few reports on what constitutes
“good prescribing.” What is more, the existing guidance tends to imply that right answers …

Objective To study the reasons cited by Icelandic general practitioners for their “non-
pharmacological” prescribing of antibiotics. Design A qualitative interview study with …

Background. There is considerable variation within and between countries in general
medical practitioners'(GPs') prescribing of broad-spectrum antibiotics such as …

Background We compared perceptions regarding risk of cardiovascular events and benefits
of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor reduction between patients with peripheral …

The medical profession has an almost exclusive right to prescribe medicines, but this right is
being challenged by the State, patients and other health care professionals. It is argued that …