Arkansas pharmacists' perceptions toward emergency contraception and nonprescription Plan B

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 98-102

  Hopkins, Denise ^a   West, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Contraception, postcoital; Pharmacists; United States

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; MIFEPRISTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG APPROVAL; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MALE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50649121296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552008000200007     Document Type: Article

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