Primary care pharmacist workforce mobility: Why do pharmacists want to work in primary care and how do these reasons differ for community and hospital pharmacists?

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-288

  Mullen, Rachel ^a,b   Hassell, Karen ^a   Noyce, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Central Liverpool PCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHARMACIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 28544440867     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/ijpp.13.4.0007     Document Type: Article

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