General practitioner engagement: The key to repeat dispensing?

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 303-308

  Elvey, Rebecca ^a   Ashcroft, Darren M ^a   Noyce, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 52649163005     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/ijpp.16.5.0005     Document Type: Article

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