Medication review by pharmacists - The evidence still suggests benefit

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 7350, 2005, Pages 618-619

  Petty, Duncan ^a   Rayner, Theo ^a   Zermansky, Arnold ^a   Alldred, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ANXIETY; CONFUSION; CONTRACT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 20044390749     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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