Assessing the impact of re-engineering of pharmacy services to general medical wards

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 270, Issue 7239, 2003, Pages 342-345

  McRobbie, Duncan ^a   Bednall, Ruth ^a   West, Tony ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; SKILL; WARD; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME;

EID: 0037426212     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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