Pharmacists' attitudes toward worklife: Results from a national survey of pharmacists

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 326-336

  Mott, David A ^a   Doucette, William R ^b   Gaither, Caroline A ^c   Pedersen, Craig A ^d   Schommer, Jon C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 2942748498     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/154434504323063968     Document Type: Article

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