| Title | Self-prescribing: a common phenomenon especially among young Greek doctors | |
| Authors | Styliani Laskari1, Chryssoula Pourzitaki1, Efharis Panagopoulou2, Chryssanthi Sardeli1, Michael Chourdakis1, George Papazisis1, Dimitrios Kouvelas1
12nd Department of Pharmacology and 2Laboratory of Hygiene, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| Citation | Laskari, S., Pourzitaki, C., Panagopoulou, E., Sardeli, C., Chourdakis, P. et al.: Self-prescribing: a common phenomenon especially among young Greek doctors, Epitheorese Klin. Farmakol. Farmakokinet. 24(2): 166-167 (2010) | |
| Publication Date | 2010 | |
| Full Text Language | English | |
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| Keywords | Self-Prescribing, Doctors, Greece | |
| Other Terms | Review article | |
| Summary | Self-prescribing among doctors is common, but no studies have documented this issue in Greece. We conducted a study about the self-prescribing behavior among Greek physicians using a questionnaire. According to our results, a quite large percentage of the participants self-treated themselves for less or more severe health problems, while the majority of them were young doctors. Although self-prescribing
is acceptable in some situations, physicians should seek professional help for illness. Efforts to inculcate more rational help-seeking behavior should probably start in medical schools. |
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