title: Prescribing.
abstract: All doctors need to consider what medical and social factors influence prescribing, and to what extent their personal habits and those of their peers are rational and responsible. Exam candidates are given some background pointers.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom