title: Overdrugging and undertreatment in primary health care.
abstract: Numerous strategies can be used as substitutes for drug therapy. However, using alternative and nonpharmacologic treatments on a routine basis, role modeling, and saying "no" to the demand for drugs and to marketing pressures are primary approaches. Most importantly, provision of education, counseling, and support through HCPs or through appropriate referral is a mainstay of care.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huebscher
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011247:Pregnancy; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012940:Social Problems; D017211:Treatment Failure