Doctors and Patients Their Relationship to the Medical Prescription
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What meaning do physicians attribute to the medical prescription? What place do patients assign to the prescription in the way they perceive their illnesses and their relationships with physicians? Is the construction of a prescription determined solely by medical knowledge, or do other factors also play a role? To what extent is the prescription symbolically reinterpreted by patients? This study, conducted in Oran, Algeria, demonstrates that attitudes toward the medical prescription encompass complex realities and diverse practices. The prescription is neither fixed nor static; rather, it is characterized by plurality and variability. Its meaning and function evolve in response to the changing dynamics of the relationships among physicians, patients, and pharmacists, reflecting the social, cultural, and symbolic dimensions that shape medical practice and the therapeutic process.
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