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Appropriate prescribing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Mary Patricia Tully*
Affiliation:
Hope Hospital, Salford, UK
*
Mary Patricia Tully, Clinical Services Pharmacist, University Department of Pharmacy, Hope Hospital, Eccles Old Road, Salford M6 8HD, UK.

Abstract

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Type
Clinical geriatrics
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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