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Achieving optimal prescribing

What can physicians do?

Samuel Shortt and Ingrid Sketris
Canadian Family Physician August 2012; 58 (8) 820-821;
Samuel Shortt
Primary care physician in Ottawa, Ont, and Director of the Office for Knowledge Transfer at the Canadian Medical Association in Ottawa
MD PhD FCFP
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vol. 58 no. 8 820-821
PubMed 
22893327

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
Online ISSN 
1715-5258
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  • Published online August 14, 2012.

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  1. Samuel Shortt, MD PhD FCFP⇓
  1. Primary care physician in Ottawa, Ont, and Director of the Office for Knowledge Transfer at the Canadian Medical Association in Ottawa
  1. Correspondence: Dr Samuel Shortt, Office for Knowledge Transfer, Canadian Medical Association, 1867 Alta Vista Dr, Ottawa ON K1G 5W8; e-mail sam.shortt{at}cma.ca
  1. Ingrid Sketris, PharmD MPA(HSA)
  1. Professor at the College of Pharmacy at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS
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