Along with the abandonment of I.M.F.-style prescriptions has come a surge in economic nationalism.
Rich and poor countries are increasingly at odds over what has come to be called the "Washington consensus," an American-style prescription for economic development under which financial assistance is focused on countries that support open markets, deregulation and prudent fiscal policies.
The experience in Canada provides a cautionary tale for governments in the European Union and elsewhere who are attempting to juggle industry demands for greater ability to 'inform' the public about their medicines with public, professional and parliamentary reluctance to introduce 'US-style' prescription drug advertising.
Mutis's fiction, like Hemingway's, advertises a life style, a prescription for living.
I've explained elsewhere how a revolution in medical device innovation could be enabled by transforming the applicable regulations from complex, old-style software prescriptions to simple, goal-oriented ones.
Amid the rolling ladders and brass library lamps, you'll find more than 250 styles of prescription specs ($95) and reading material from the founders' favorite independent publishers, McSweeney's and City Lights.
He creates gold from dross modern-style, filling his prescriptions every month like clockwork and then selling the unopened bottles for hundreds of dollars each on a street corner somewhere.
The results indicate that the stronger competition a GP faces, the more drugs are prescribed, which implies that GPs' prescription style may conflict with their role as gatekeepers, and even worse, it may be a hazard to patients' health.
We will not instruct the GPs in a prescription style fashion.
Data recorded in THIN include demographics, diagnoses, symptoms, prescriptions, life style information such as smoking or alcohol consumption, test results, height, weight, referrals to hospitals and specialists, and, on request, specialist letters and hospital discharge summaries.
But Rodriguez made it to the mound Monday, pitching in a game for the first time this spring, and he did so in style, resurrecting the wraparound prescription glasses that look a little like goggles and, for several years, gave him something of a signature look.
