Open AccessExploring UK attitudes towards unlicensed medicines use: a questionnaire-based study of members of the general public and physicians
Author(s) -
Alison Chisholm
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s28341
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , alternative medicine , traditional medicine , pathology
To undertake a questionnaire-based study to evaluate attitudes towards the use of unlicensed medicines among prescribing doctors and members of the general public (ie, patients). The study also aimed to explore the factors that influence physicians' prescribing decisions and priorities, and to understand the knowledge of the medicines licensing system among members of the public.
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