Pharmacists' changing views of their supplementary prescribing authority

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 628-634

  Tully, Mary P ^a   Latif, Saima ^a   Cantrill, Judith A ^a   Parker, Dianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pharmacist opinions; Pharmacist prescribing; Responsibilities; Roles; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGISTRATION; RESPONSIBILITY; ROLE CHANGE; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; PHARMACISTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 35348899509     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-007-9114-2     Document Type: Article

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