Safety of medication use in primary care

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-20

  Olaniyan, Janice O ^a   Ghaleb, Maisoon ^a   Dhillon, Soraya ^a   Robinson, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

medication error (and related terms) and primary care (and related terms); not secondary care (and related terms)

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BAHRAIN; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DENMARK; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; IRELAND; ITALY; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SPAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84922472295     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: 20427174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijpp.12120     Document Type: Review

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