Integrating family medicine and pharmacy to advance primary care therapeutics

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 913-917

  Dolovich, L ^a,b   Pottie, K ^c,d,e   Kaczorowski, J ^f,g   Farrell, B ^c,e   Austin, Z ^h   Rodriguez, C ^a   Gaebel, K ^a   Sellors, C ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METFORMIN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRUISING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COUGHING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DIZZINESS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDEMA; FAMILY MEDICINE; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYALGIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SIDE EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 43949128111     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2008.29     Document Type: Article

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