TY - BOOK AU - Panton, R. (ed) AU - Chapman, S. (ed) TI - Medicines management SN - 0727912747 PY - 1998/// CY - London PB - BMJ Books|Pharmaceutical Press KW - COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS KW - ECONOMICS, PHARMACEUTICAL, organization and administration KW - HEALTH POLICY N1 - That's my medicine - medicines management for consumers and citizens; the ethics of prescribing; a primary care perspective on medicines management; rising expenditure on pharmaceuticals - reasons and responses; gathering weight and weighing the evidence; issues and directions in prescribing analysis; health economic and public health aspects in drug usage; national structures to facilitate good medicines management; getting research into practice; educational outreach; systems for controlling prescribing N2 - Paperback; This volume offers a wide ranging exploration of the many issues in managing medicines. It covers the international and UK perspective, health economics, the evidence base, ethical issues and the future ER -