Pharmacists' responsibility and potential liability regarding generic substitition

Medicine and Law

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 697-704

  Hattingh, Hendrika Laetitia ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bioequivalence; Community pharmacy; Generic medicine; Generic substitution

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; ROLE PLAYING;

AUSTRALIA; DRUGS, GENERIC; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACISTS; ROLE;

EID: 74849089117     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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