1st Edition

Prescribing in General Practice

By Conrad M Harris Copyright 1996

    Management controls on prescribing have greater impact on a GP's freedom of choice than on any other matter requiring clinical judgement. However, in order to deliver the most effective patient care, the GP needs a much broader base of knowledge including, for example, an understanding of basic pharmacological principles and the process of conducting clinical trials. This book deals systematically with the practical aspects of prescribing throughout primary care. It provides the busy GP with readily-accessible information so that the benefit to patients and the pratice can be maximized.

    1. The basics of clinical pharmacology 2. Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions 3. Taking responsibility 4. Quality and measurement 5. Generic prescribing 6. PACT 7. Audit 8. Repeat prescribing 9. Formularies 10. The selected list scheme 11. Controlled drugs 12. Prescribing advisers and budgets 13. Dispensing in general practice 14. The electronic British National Formulary 15. Drug trials in general practice 16. Community pharmacists 17. Information pharmacists 18. Pharmacoeconomics

    Biography

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