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==Origin==
Partly from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''prescripcion'' establishment of a claim, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''praescription''-, ''praescriptio'', from [[Latin]], act of [[writing]] at the beginning, order, [[limitation]] of subject matter, from ''praescribere''; partly from [[Latin]] ''praescription''-, ''praescriptio'' order. The wider [[medical]] sense ‘instruction or recommendation of treatment by a [[doctor]]’ is apparently not [[paralleled]] in French until later (1750 or earlier)), [[thing]] which is prescribed, rule, precept (1588) and its etymon classical ''Latin'' ''praescrīptiōn''- , ''praescrīptiō'' written prefix, preamble, title, [[pretext]], excuse, precept, rule, limiting [[regulation]], [[limitation]], (in law) preliminary clause or preamble defining the [[scope]] of a lawsuit, preliminary limiting device or objection.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : the [[establishment]] of a claim of title to something under common law usually by use and enjoyment for a period fixed by statute.
:b : the [[right]] or title acquired under common law by such [[possession]]
*2: the [[process]] of making claim to something by long use and enjoyment
*3: the [[action]] of laying down [[authoritative]] rules or directions
*4a : a [[written]] direction for a [[therapeutic]] or corrective [[agent]]; specifically : one for the [[preparation]] and use of a [[medicine]]
:b : a prescribed [[medicine]]
:c : something (as a recommendation) resembling a [[doctor]]'s prescription <prescriptions for [[economic]] recovery>
*5a : [[ancient]] or long continued [[custom]]
:b : a claim founded upon [[ancient]] custom or long continued use
*6: something prescribed as a rule
==Description==
A '''prescription''' (℞) is a [[health]]-care [[program]] implemented by a [[physician]] or other medical practitioner in the form of instructions that [[govern]] the [[plan]] of [[care]] for an individual patient. Prescriptions may include orders to be [[performed]] by a patient, caretaker, nurse, pharmacist or other therapist. Commonly, the term prescription is used to mean an order to take certain medications. Prescriptions have [[legal]] implications, as they may indicate that the prescriber takes [[responsibility]] for the clinical care of the patient and in particular for monitoring efficacy and [[safety]]. As medications have increasingly become pre–packaged [[manufactured]] products and medical [[practice]] has become more [[complex]], the [[scope]] of [[meaning]] of the term "prescription" has broadened to also include clinical assessments, [[laboratory]] tests, and imaging [[studies]] relevant to optimizing the [[safety]] or efficacy of medical treatment.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_prescription]
[[Category: Health]]
==Origin==
Partly from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''prescripcion'' establishment of a claim, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''praescription''-, ''praescriptio'', from [[Latin]], act of [[writing]] at the beginning, order, [[limitation]] of subject matter, from ''praescribere''; partly from [[Latin]] ''praescription''-, ''praescriptio'' order. The wider [[medical]] sense ‘instruction or recommendation of treatment by a [[doctor]]’ is apparently not [[paralleled]] in French until later (1750 or earlier)), [[thing]] which is prescribed, rule, precept (1588) and its etymon classical ''Latin'' ''praescrīptiōn''- , ''praescrīptiō'' written prefix, preamble, title, [[pretext]], excuse, precept, rule, limiting [[regulation]], [[limitation]], (in law) preliminary clause or preamble defining the [[scope]] of a lawsuit, preliminary limiting device or objection.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : the [[establishment]] of a claim of title to something under common law usually by use and enjoyment for a period fixed by statute.
:b : the [[right]] or title acquired under common law by such [[possession]]
*2: the [[process]] of making claim to something by long use and enjoyment
*3: the [[action]] of laying down [[authoritative]] rules or directions
*4a : a [[written]] direction for a [[therapeutic]] or corrective [[agent]]; specifically : one for the [[preparation]] and use of a [[medicine]]
:b : a prescribed [[medicine]]
:c : something (as a recommendation) resembling a [[doctor]]'s prescription <prescriptions for [[economic]] recovery>
*5a : [[ancient]] or long continued [[custom]]
:b : a claim founded upon [[ancient]] custom or long continued use
*6: something prescribed as a rule
==Description==
A '''prescription''' (℞) is a [[health]]-care [[program]] implemented by a [[physician]] or other medical practitioner in the form of instructions that [[govern]] the [[plan]] of [[care]] for an individual patient. Prescriptions may include orders to be [[performed]] by a patient, caretaker, nurse, pharmacist or other therapist. Commonly, the term prescription is used to mean an order to take certain medications. Prescriptions have [[legal]] implications, as they may indicate that the prescriber takes [[responsibility]] for the clinical care of the patient and in particular for monitoring efficacy and [[safety]]. As medications have increasingly become pre–packaged [[manufactured]] products and medical [[practice]] has become more [[complex]], the [[scope]] of [[meaning]] of the term "prescription" has broadened to also include clinical assessments, [[laboratory]] tests, and imaging [[studies]] relevant to optimizing the [[safety]] or efficacy of medical treatment.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_prescription]
[[Category: Health]]
