Best possible medication history by a pharmacy technician at a tertiary care hospital

Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 402-405

  Remtulla, Shahileen ^a   Brown, Glen ^a   Frighetto, Luciana ^b  

^a Pharmacy Services   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY STUDENT; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAINING;

EID: 70350717959     PISSN: 00084123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v62i5.828     Document Type: Article

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