Pharmacists' job satisfaction and perceived utilization of skills

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 1733-1737

  Cox, Emily R ^a   Fitzpatrick, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University Medical Center of Southern Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Ambulatory care; Data collection; Degrees; Education, pharmaceutical; Job description; Job satisfaction; Manpower; Pharmacists, institutional; Pharmacy, institutional

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; STAFF; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033200121     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/56.17.1733     Document Type: Article

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