Governance and the pharmaceutical workforce in England

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 408-419

  Noyce, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced practitioners; Community pharmacy; Competence; Fitness to practice; Governance; Pharmacists; Pharmacy; Pharmacy technicians; Policy; Regulation; Revalidation; Skill mix; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748186708     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2006.07.005     Document Type: Note

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