What do GPs think about joint formularies?

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 7387, 2006, Pages 171-174

  Heal, Sarah Jane ^a   Challinor, Nicola ^b   Roome, Chris ^c   Gammie, Shivaun ^d   Thorne, Julian ^d   Wilcock, Michael ^e  

^a WEST HERTFORDSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Plymouth PCT   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Torbay Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG INFORMATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INTRANET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33144455390     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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