Prescription sessions: when your patient is just his file
Keywords:
prescription sessions, lack of physicians, primary health care, benzodiazepinesAbstract
In health clinics of Santiago, doctors are sometimes requested to sign prescriptions for the continuation of therapy, even in the absence of the patients. This is due to the lack of doctors’ time. Possible risks associated to this situation are described, as well as appropriate measures. The prevalence of such “prescription sessions” in primary health care should be investigated.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.