The St Helens and Knowsley prescribing initiative: A model for pharmacist-led meetings with GPs

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 260, Issue 6977, 1998, Pages 100-102

  Pilling, Mark ^a,d   Geoghegan, Margaret ^a   Wolfson, David J ^c   Holden, John D ^b  

^a St Helens and Knowlsey Hlth Auth   (United Kingdom)

^b Mersey Acad Pharmacy Practice Unit ^*

^c Mersey Acad Pharmacy Practice Unit

^d ST HELENS AND KNOWSLEY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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