Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 246-256 , September 2011

Pharmacist supplementary prescribing: A step toward more independence?

  • Dalia Dawoud, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Aini, Cairo, P.O. Box 11562, Egypt
    • Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College, London, Division of Cancer Studies, Denmark Hill, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9PJ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London, Division of Cancer Studies, Denmark Hill, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9PJ, UK. Tel.: +44 20 7848 5636; fax: +44 20 7848 5517.
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  • Peter Griffiths, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Nursing Research Unit, King's College, London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8WA, UK
    • ,
  • Jill Maben, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Nursing Research Unit, King's College, London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8WA, UK
    • ,
  • Larry Goodyer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK
    • ,
  • Russell Greene, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, King's College, London, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH, UK

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doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2010.05.002

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 246-256 , September 2011

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