Medication accuracy and general practitioner referral letters

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-134

  Carney, S L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Medication communication; Quality use of medicines

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORRESPONDENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33344475930     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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