Hospitals do not inform GPs about medication that should be monitored

Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 268-271

  Corry, Maura ^a   Bonner, Grainne ^a   McEntee, Siobhan ^a   Dugan, Joseph ^a   MacAuley, Domhnall ^a,b  

^a Hillhead Family Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Family doctors; Hospital; Letters

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AZATHIOPRINE; CARBIMAZOLE; CLOZAPINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIGOXIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GOLD; LITHIUM; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STATIN; TICLOPIDINE; VITAMIN D; WARFARIN;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; DRUG MONITORING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034042784     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/17.3.268     Document Type: Article

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