Thinking About Prescribing: A Handbook for Quality Use of Medicine: A Handbook for Quality Use of Medicines Book

This unique Australian handbook provides a general practice perspective on how to get the best use of medicines. Combining a patient, system and drug-centered approach to optimizing prescribing for common conditions, it provides the busy GP with a systematic way of thinking about medication-related problems and addresses clinical pharmacology and consulting skills, It uses a case-based approach to prompt reflection on drug and non-drug management of common conditions seen in general practice. This is an essential reference for GP's faced with the challenges of keeping up to date with a constant stream of therapeutic agents while simultaneously integrating increasing worldwide and local experience with existing agents. This handbook is designed to be a companion volume to prescribing compendiums and therapeutic guidelines. It brings the issues in quality use of medicines into focus for the GP prescriber.Read More