Evaluation of consultation in community pharmacies with mystery shoppers

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1023-1030

  Alte, Dietrich ^a   Weitschies, Werner ^a   Ritter, Christoph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy services; Consultation; Germany

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONSULTATION; EVALUATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; LAW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHARMACY STUDENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF; ADULT; COUNSELING; DRUG INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COUNSELING; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; ETHICS, PHARMACY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACISTS' AIDES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 34250172704     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H565     Document Type: Article

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