Is there a role for a prescribing pharmacist in preventing prescribing errors in a medical admission unit?

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 270, Issue 7255, 2003, Pages 896-899

  McFadzean, Elaine ^a   Isles, Chris ^a   Moffat, Janice ^a   Norrie, John ^b   Stewart, Derek ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CITALOPRAM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HORMONE;

ACCURACY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG OVERDOSE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038264323     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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