What if continuing education became mandatory? Opinions of Belgian community pharmacists

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-68

  Driesen, Annelies ^a   Airaksinen, Marja ^b   Simoens, Steven ^a   Laekeman, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 33847694363     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/ijpp.15.1.0010     Document Type: Article

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