Prescribing errors at a psychiatric hospital

Pharmacy in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 64-66

  Haw, Camilla ^a   Stubbs, Jean ^a  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MONITORING; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICATION ERROR; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142124529     PISSN: 13581538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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