title: Strategic aspects of prescription writing.
abstract: The strategic aspects of the written medical prescription, often overlooked, include fulfillment of the placebo, make-believe, and temporizing effects of prescribing; the patient's expectations to receive and participate in the choice of therapy; and the physicians's need for action. Prescribing requires fine judgement as to which drug to use, when to give it, and in what quantity and frequency.
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology; D010919:Placebos
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos