RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Doctors' anxieties in prescribing
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 662
OP 665
VO 27
IS 184
A1 Paul Julian
A1 Andrew Herxheimer
YR 1977
UL http://bjgp.org/content/27/184/662.abstract
AB Anxieties about prescribing were examined in two seminars for trainee general practitioners. These were caused by four main problems: inadequacies in diagnostic skill, treatment policy, understanding or experience, and anxiety about control of the treatment. Ways of reducing these anxieties, for example by sharing them with the patient, are discussed.