TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Principles of Evidence-Based Prescribing A1 - Petty, Brent G. A2 - McKean, Sylvia C. A2 - Ross, John J. A2 - Dressler, Daniel D. A2 - Scheurer, Danielle B. PY - 2017 T2 - Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e AB - Medications are the principal tools doctors use to maintain health, reverse illness, and extend patients’ survival, hopefully with good quality of life. Yet medications may also cause serious illness and fail to have the desired effect if they are used improperly. Medications may be extraordinarily expensive, and the cost to individual patients, to hospitals, and to our health system has become almost prohibitive. Thus, the proper use of medications and prescribing of medications is critically important. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2022/08/17 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137605421 ER -