Prescribing in teaching hospitals: A qualitative study of social and cultural dynamics

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 286-291

  Page, Meredith A ^a,b   Bajorek, Beata V ^c   Brien, Jo Anne E ^c,d  

^a NSW Medicines Information Centre   (Australia)

^b National Prescribing Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 59849096376     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2008.tb00391.x     Document Type: Article

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