The great boundary crossing: Perceptions on training pharmacists as supplementary prescribers in the UK

Health Education Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-191

  Tann, Jennifer ^a   Blenkinsopp, Alison ^b   Grime, Janet ^b   Evans, Amanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c South Staffordshire PCT ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practitioners (GPs); Pharmacists; Prescribing; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952259989     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: 17488176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896910363300     Document Type: Article

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