Older African Americans' perceptions of pharmacists

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 284-290

  Youmans, Sharon L ^a,c   Schillinger, Dean ^a   Mamary, Edward ^b   Stewart, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UCSF Medical Center and Associate Clinical UCSF School of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Communication; Health disparities; Medication costs; Pharmacist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RESPONSIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PUBLIC OPINION; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 34447567213     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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