A qualitative study of physicians' and nurses' experiences of multidisciplinary collaboration with pharmacists participating at case conferences

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 350-357

  Halvorsen, Kjell H ^a   Stensland, Per ^a   Granas, Anne Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

drug utilization review; nurses; nursing homes; patient care team; pharmacists; physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; TEAMWORK; WARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80052565217     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: 20427174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2011.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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