Independent prescribing by pharmacists: A study of the awareness, views and attitudes of Scottish community pharmacists

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 45-53

  George, Johnson ^a   Pfleger, David ^a   McCaig, Dorothy ^a   Bond, Christine ^b   Stewart, Derek ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Awareness; Community pharmacy; Independent prescribing; Pharmacists; Safety; Scotland; Views

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHARMACISTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND;

EID: 33749435175     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-006-9018-6     Document Type: Article

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