June 1997 • Volume 5 • Number 2 • ISSN 0961-7671

ORIGINAL PAPERS
Oral counselling on dispensed medication: a survey of its extent and associated factors in a random sample of community pharmacies
Z. Aslanpour and F. J. Smith

"One simple question should be enough": consumers' perceptions of pharmacy protocols
C. J. Morris, J. A. Cantrill and M. J. Weiss

Ethnic minority pharmacy practice
A. E. Platts, J. Tann and Z. Chishti

Variability of prescribed daily doses (PDDs) with respect to sex and age in the usage of simvastatin
I. Truter and T. J. van W. Kotze

Residents' views and experiences of pharmacy questioning and advice relating to non-prescription medicine purchases
D. N. John and S. W. Evans

When do medication administration errors happen to hospital inpatients?
C. Y. W. Ho, B. S. Dean and N. D. Barber

Diarrhoea management by pharmacy staff in retail pharmacies in Hanoi, Vietnam
D. V. Duong, T. V. Le and C. Binns

A stability and validation study of 1% w/w menthol in aqueous cream
P. Gallagher and S. Jones

GENERAL ARTICLES
Design of a computer program for automatic capture of adverse drug interaction and contraindication data detected during prescription labelling
D. Balon and R. G. Stevens