Prescription of medicines is a fundamental component of the care of elderly people, and
optimisation of drug prescribing for this group of patients has become an important public …

The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in environmental consciousness
worldwide. Consumers are now changing their behavior to integrate environmental …

Background There is a recognised need to build primary care medication adherence
services which are tailored to patients' needs. Continuous quality improvement of such …

Estimates of water use in the United States indicate that about 410 billion gallons per day
(Bgal/d) were withdrawn in 2005 for all categories summarized in this report. This total is …

Objective: To investigate patients' agendas before consultation and to assess which aspects
of agendas are voiced in the consultation and the effects of unvoiced agendas on outcomes …

Water use in the United States in 2010 was estimated to be about 355 billion gallons per day
(Bgal/d), which was 13 percent less than in 2005. The 2010 estimates put total withdrawals …

Reflexivity is often described as an individual activity. The authors propose that reflexivity
employed as a team activity, through the sharing of reflexive writing (accounts of personal …

Background: It has been estimated that 1–2% of US inpatients are harmed by medication
errors, the majority of which are errors in prescribing. The UK Department of Health has …

Objective—To develop a practitioner led definition of a prescribing error for use in
quantitative studies of their incidence. Design—Two stage Delphi technique. Subjects—A …

Mishler (The discourse of medicine. The dialectics of medical interviews. Norwood, NJ:
Ablex), applying Habermas's theory of Communicative Action to medical encounters …