1. The hydroxychloroquine debate: a therapeutic dilemma for general practitioners.
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Lutaud R, Scronias D, Ward J, and Verger P
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- Female, France epidemiology, Guideline Adherence statistics & numerical data, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Physician-Patient Relations, Practice Guidelines as Topic, COVID-19 epidemiology, General Practitioners psychology, General Practitioners statistics & numerical data, Hydroxychloroquine therapeutic use, COVID-19 Drug Treatment
- Abstract
France has been at the epicenter of the worldwide debate about hydroxychloroquine, as the main advocacy for its use to treat COVID-19 comes from a research unit led by Didier Raoult in Marseille. Among a national panel of 2940 general practitioners, we found that physicians in the areas most strongly affected by the epidemic or closest to the epicenter of the controversy reported that the hydroxychloroquine debate had made it difficult for them to deal with patients' treatment requests. Their adherence to official recommendations was also lower. It will be necessary to examine the conditions producing so strong a conflict., (© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.)
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- 2021
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