Prescriptions

Fetch Headings.ExtraData
Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box.
Particularly recommended items are flagged with a red logo:

Sources Library

Pharmageddon
Healy, David
2012
David Healy's comprehensive argument against the pharmaceuticalization of medicine is an indictment of problems in health care that are leading to a growing number of deaths and disabilities.
Prescription drug
Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
A prescription medication is a licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained.
Self-medication
Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Self-medication is use of a drug with therapeutic intent but without professional advice or prescription.