Sentence examples for prescribing from inspiring English sources
"prescribing" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to refer to the act of giving someone a specific written order or instruction, typically concerning the treatment of a medical condition or other issue. For example: "The doctor prescribed a course of antibiotics to help clear up the infection."
verb
Present participle of prescribe
We must also be careful that prescribing a book doesn't take the place of proper therapy.
Research councils are prescribing open-access requirements for outputs which will be submittable in the next Research Excellence Framework (REF), and there are now nods towards monographs being included in those requirements at some elusive point in the future.
"I see this as no different from prescribing medicine for asthma or an ear infection".
With a bleep attached to his belt, Karan stays on the move, reviewing patients, prescribing.
Alarmingly, the letter says, the system of actually prescribing medication is "dangerous".
JA Perhaps the bravest attempt yet to harness the power of lust to improve football performance: the Brazilian club told reporters they anticipated "no obvious problems" from a new club policy of prescribing players Viagra ahead of high-altitude Copa Libertadores games.
In the UK, doctors are prescribing visits to Green Gyms, outdoor sessions run by a conservation group.
Before you self-prescribe anything, you should know that even doctors are strongly discouraged from doing so by the General Medical Council, on the grounds that an objective person should make a better prescribing decision.
In America, detailed prescribing data can be bought from specialist research firms, which some drug firms are now beefing up with detailed information about why doctors prescribe as they do.
Technology can help: e-prescribing, for example, uses computer systems that steer doctors to the most appropriate drug for their patients.
But in emerging markets, it is a different story, as a settlement on August 7th between America's Department of Justice and Pfizer, a big American drug firm, made clear.In China Pfizer established a "club" that provided "high-prescribing" doctors with all kinds of entertainment under the guise of attending conferences.
