An assessment of the level of type 2 diabetes patients' satisfaction with community pharmacists' services

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 270, Issue 7242, 2003, Pages 446-449

  Abduelkarem, Abduelmula R ^a   Sackville, Mike A ^b   Morgan, Rae M ^b   Hildreth, Anthony J ^c  

^a AJMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY HOSPITALS SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037471915     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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