Knowledge, attitude and practices associated with adverse drug reaction reporting amongst doctors in a teaching hospital

International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-232

  Chopra, Deepti ^a   Wardhan, Neeta ^b   Rehan, H S ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

ADR; attitude; awareness; Pharmacovigilance; reporting

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84255167148     PISSN: 09246479     EISSN: 18786847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JRS-2011-0543     Document Type: Article

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