Evaluation of community pharmacists' recommendations to standardized patient scenarios

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1080-1085

  Rutter, Paul M ^a   Horsley, Emma ^a   Brown, David T ^a  

^a St Michael's Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Nonprescription medicines; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; BUCLIZINE; CIMETIDINE; COCODAMOL; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; GAVISCON; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MIGRALEVE PINK; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; RANITIDINE; RENNIES;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERFORMANCE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 2442718108     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D519     Document Type: Article

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