An overiew of non medical prescribing across one strategic health authority: A questionnaire survey

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Courtenay, Molly ^a   Carey, Nicola ^a   Stenner, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community practitioner prescribers; Independent prescribing; Medicines management; Non medical prescribing; Supplementary prescribing; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; NURSES; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84861707421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-138     Document Type: Article

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