TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 11. Principles of Evidence-Based Prescribing A1 - Petty, Brent G. A2 - McKean, Sylvia C. A2 - Ross, John J. A2 - Dressler, Daniel D. A2 - Brotman, Daniel J. A2 - Ginsberg, Jeffrey S. Y1 - 2012 N1 - T2 - Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine 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 can also cause serious illness and fail to have the desired effect if they are used improperly. Additionally, medications can be extraordinarily expensive, and the cost to individual patients, to hospitals, and to our health system can become almost prohibitive. So the proper use of medications is critically important. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56191702 ER -