The Consultant Pharmacist and the Physician in the Nursing Home: Roles, Relationships, and a Recipe for Success

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-64

  Levenson, Steven A ^a   Saffel, Dana A ^b  

^a Pharmacare Strategies ^*

^b Pharmacare Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

consultant pharmacists; medical directors; Medications; nursing home

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; INFLUENZA VACCINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; DRUG COST; DRUG POTENTIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; URINE INCONTINENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33845955067     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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