[Commentary: medication reconciliation at hospital admission and discharge: a multidisciplinary challenge]

Juan Carlos Morales Serna1

  • 1Farmacéutico de Atención Primaria. Licenciado en Farmacia. Doctor en Medicina. Presidente de Sociedad Española de Farmacéuticos de Atención Primaria (SEFAP). España.

Atencion Primaria
|December 23, 2008
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