[Prescription of phosphorus, calcium and magnesium: Choice of the millimole unit to establish the equivalence of doses between oral and injectable forms].

Objectives: Information available on the packaging of drugs indicated for patients electrolytes replenishment differs from one manufacturer to another. They relate, for example, the unit chosen to express elemental electrolyte concentration. These differences constitute a risk factor for medication errors.

[General practical survey of individual prostate cancer screening].

Objective: To assess the practices of general practitioners in the Auvergne region concerning individual prostate cancer screening, to compare these practices with published guidelines and to identify those points that are most difficult to perform.

Material: An anonymous postal survey using a predefined questionnaire was conducted among 1339 general practitioners in the Auvergne region identified by the URSSAF file on 1st January 2006. This was a declarative survey with no individual financial reward.