Performance of Community Pharmacists in providing clinical medication reviews

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1181-1190

  Laaksonen, Raisa ^a   Duggan, Catherine ^b,c   Bates, Ian ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Clin Pharmacy Development and Evaluation for East and South East England Specialist Services NHS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Medication reviews; Performance; Quality; Service; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

AGED; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS;

DRUG;

EID: 77954578560     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1M719     Document Type: Article

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