Can a long-term continuing education course in patient counselling promote a change in the practice of Finnish community pharmacists?

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-160

  Kansanaho, Heli ^a   Pietilä, Kirsi ^b   Airaksinen, Marja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHICS; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SKILL; TRAINING;

EID: 0141793176     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/0022357021945     Document Type: Article

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