Does a physician's specialty influence the recording of medication history in patients' case notes?

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-312

  Yusuff, Kazeem B ^a   Tayo, Fola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Depth; Frequency; Medication history; Physicians' specialty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 47249093210     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03202.x     Document Type: Article

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