North Carolina family practice physicians' perceptions of pharmacists as vaccinators

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 486-491

  Welch, Adam C ^a   Ferreri, Stefanie P ^b   Blalock, Susan J ^b   Caiola, Stephen M ^b  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community and ambulatory practice; Family practice; Immunizations; Laws and regulation; Pharmaceutical care; Physicians

Indexed keywords

VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHARMACIST; UNITED STATES; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; IMMUNOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; PERCEPTION; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; NORTH CAROLINA; PERCEPTION; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33646912181     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/1544345054475414     Document Type: Article

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