Psychotropic Drugs in General Practice.
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Earlier articles in this series have examined the indications for prescribing in a wide range of diseases and for defined problems in the hospital setting and in general practice. They have highlighted the side effects of most relevance to the patient and to try to repeat or even summarize this information would be regarded as unnecessary. My intention is to focus on three selected topics, each of which has a broader relevance to prescribing in general practice than might appear on the surface. These are: the variation in use of different hypnotic preparations by general practitioners; the range of the individual doc-
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Medical journal of Australia
دوره 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1963