Counselling patients on psychotropic medication: Physicians' opinions on the role of community pharmacists

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-61

  Tanskanen, Paavo ^a   Airaksinen, Marja ^b   Tanskanen, Antti ^b   Enlund, Hannes ^b  

^a Oy Galena Ltd   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Benzodiazepines; Neuroleptics; Patient counselling; Pharmacists; Physicians' opinion; Psychotropic medication; Purpose of medication

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG INFORMATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENZODIAZEPINES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034080777     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008714922814     Document Type: Article

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