objectives the aim of the study was to explore the gendered experiences and patterns of illicit drug use initiation in an iranian context. patients and methods a total of 29 participants (15 men and 14 women) took part in in-depth interviews conducted at a hiv triangulation clinic (for men and women) and drop-in-center for women in kerman in 2011. results the results of the study suggest that p...

The aim of this study was to explore drug prescription habits using WHO standard indicators in public hospitals and 36 private surgeries in 2 provinces in South Africa. A high mean number of drugs were prescribed per patient (3.2 versus 2.8) in public hospitals and by general practitioners (GPs) respectively andc generic prescribing rates were low (45.2% versus 24.5%). The rates of prescribing ...