This is a report of a conference which was held on Tuesday 28 February 1967 and attended by approximately 100 people, the majority of whom were doctors, nurses and pharmacists. The doctor's view about inpatient medication was concerned with problems arising from prescribing systems in hospitals. It was suggested that ...
This report recommends that cooperation between hospital doctors and general practitioners should be facilitated by the adoption of standard forms for doctor's letters and hospital replies. The report also suggests that the use of the standard forms might afford an opportunity of drawing attention to the importance of patients being ...