The right to prescribe: Towards core prescribing competencies for all prescribers

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 126-127

  Morris, Steve ^a   Coombes, Ian ^b  

^a Pharmaceutical Services and Strategy   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nurse prescribers; Pharmacists

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 80053913365     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2011.067     Document Type: Editorial

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