Medical and nursing staff highly value clinical pharmacists in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 716-719

  Fairbanks, Rollin J ^a   Hildebrand, James M ^a   Kolstee, Karen E ^a   Schneider, Sandra M ^a   Shah, Manish N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34948882751     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.044313     Document Type: Article

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