General practitioners' perceptions of medicines use reviews by pharmacists

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 279, Issue 7476, 2007, Pages 501-503

  Wilcock, Michael ^a,c   Harding, Geoffrey ^b  

^a Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 36148970472     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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