The UK's NHS and pharma: need for more clinical pharmacologists

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9671, 2009, Pages 1251-1252

  Aronson, Jeffrey K ^a   Barnett, David B ^b   Breckenridge, Alasdair M ^c   Ferner, Robin E ^a   Jackson, Peter ^a   Maxwell, Simon R ^a   McInnes, Gordon T ^a   Rawlins, Michael D ^d   Ritter, James M ^e   Routledge, Philip ^a   Walley, Tom J ^f   Webb, David J ^a   Williams, David ^a   Woods, Kent L ^c  

^a British Pharmacological Society   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICINES AND HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; LETTER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 64049102128     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60726-1     Document Type: Letter

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