Physicians' views on co-operation with community pharmacists in Finland

Journal of Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 220-229

  Tanskanen, Paavo ^a   Jäkälä, Jaana ^b   Airaksinen, Marja ^d   Enlund, Hannes ^c  

^a Kuopion Vanha Apteekki   (Finland)

^b Kontulan Apteekki   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Communication; Finland; Interprofessional co operation, pharmacists physicians; Patient counselling, pharmacist; Pharmacists, community; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; FINLAND; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EID: 0031425271     PISSN: 02810662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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