Piloting the role of a pharmacist in a community palliative care multidisciplinary team: An Australian experience

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hussainy, Safeera Y ^a   Box, Margaret ^b   Scholes, Sandy ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b C/o Calvary Health Care Bethlehem ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHARMACIST; PILOT STUDY; PROCESS MODEL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; TEAMWORK;

EID: 80055014294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-10-16     Document Type: Article

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