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How social prescribing can benefit patients and prescribers
Author(s) -
Dowden Angela
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1754
Subject(s) - medicine , social care , health professionals , social needs , social pressure , health care , nursing , social benefits , family medicine , social psychology , economic growth , psychology , materials science , tailings , economics , metallurgy
Social prescribing has the potential to address unmet patient needs and ease pressure on GPs and other healthcare professionals. This article investigates the evidence behind social prescribing, the benefits and drawbacks, and how it is gaining a higher profile in the NHS.