Hospital policies regarding herbal medicines

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-370

  Ansani, Nicole T ^a,b,c   Ciliberto, Natalie C ^d,e   Freedy, Tucker ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e Universigy of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Alternative medicine; Data collection; Drug use; Formularies; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital; Plants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG INFORMATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; PHARMACIST; POLICY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; FORMULARIES, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038621942     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/60.4.367     Document Type: Article

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