Scope of pharmacy services to the emergency department

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-29

  Welch, Susan A ^a,b   Graudins, Linda V ^c  

^a SHPA Emergency Medicine Committee of Specialty Practice   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 34247508115     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2007.tb00653.x     Document Type: Article

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