Pharmacy-physician communications: Potential to reduce medication errors

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 618-620

  Kallail, K James ^a   Stanton, Stacy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications; Community and ambulatory pharmacy; Medication errors; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 33750697975     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/1544-3191.46.5.618.Kallail     Document Type: Article

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