Australian general practitioners' views on pharmacist prescribing

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 96-102

  Vracar, Dijana ^a   Bajorek, Beata V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STATISTICS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 47749115733     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2008.tb00811.x     Document Type: Article

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