'Open-ended questions' and 'show-and-tell' - A way to improve pharmacist counselling and patients' handling of their medicines

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-99

  Ekedahl, A ^a,b  

^a Hjorten Pharmacy   (Sweden)

^b Apoteket AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029998382     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.1996.tb00007.x     Document Type: Article

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