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Brand names, generic prescribing, and generic substitution
Author(s) -
Pincus Richard C.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1983.tb142112.x
Subject(s) - substitution (logic) , generic drug , computer science , law and economics , sociology , psychology , drug , programming language , psychiatry
The terms “generic prescribing” and “generic substitution”, and some related terms, are defined. The history of laws concerning these matters is referred to, and the Australian situation is briefly outlined. The arguments for and against generic prescribing and generic substitution are canvassed.