Competency, board certification, credentialing, and specialization: Who benefits?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 795-801

  Gourley, Dick R ^a   Fitzgerald Jr , Walter L ^a   Davis, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; PHARMACIST; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, PHARMACY, CONTINUING; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PHARMACISTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031132850     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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