Open AccessCurrent scenario of attitude and knowledge of physicians about rational prescription: A novel cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Rajiv Mahajan,
Navyug Raj Singh,
Jasveer Singh,
Aparna Banerjee Dixit,
Amit Jain,
Ashwani K Gupta
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.67008
Subject(s) - medical prescription , medicine , cross sectional study , alternative medicine , family medicine , univariate , drug , pharmacology , pathology , computer science , multivariate statistics , machine learning
In the last 30 years concepts in pharmacology have moved from Essential Medicines (EM) to P-drugs via the Rational Use of Medicines (RUM), but no structured study has evaluated the level of understanding among the working clinicians about these concepts.