Prescribe

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issue commands or orders for

Doctors prescribe more analgesics to women than to men just for being female, Spanish study shows
Regardless of pain, social class or age, a woman is more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs. A new study affirms that this phenomenon is influenced by socioeconomic inequality between genders. Read more on this news related to 'Prescribe'
Doctors prescribe more analgesics to women than to men just for being female
( FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology ) Regardless of pain, social class or age, a woman is more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs. A study published in Gaceta Sanitaria affirms that this phenomenon is influenced by socioeconomic inequality between genders in the Autonomous Community in which the patient resides. Read more on this news related to 'Prescribe'
Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide
By Jason McLure (Reuters) - Vermont on Monday became the fourth U.S. state to end legal penalties for doctors who prescribe medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own lives. The law, which includes a number of safeguards over the next three years as the state adapts, marked the first time a U.S. state has used the legislative process to make as Read more on this news related to 'Prescribe'