Clinical prescribing (and off-label use) in a second-best world

Editorial

G Caleb Alexander. Med Care. 2010 Apr.

. 2010 Apr;48(4):285-7.

doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181d60408.

No abstract available

Comment on

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