The WHO UNESCO FIP Pharmacy Education Taskforce: Enabling concerted and collective global action

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Anderson, Claire ^a   Bates, Ian ^b   Beck, Diane ^c   Brock, Tina ^d   Futter, Billy ^e   Mercer, Hugo ^f   Rouse, Mike ^g   Wuliji, Tana ^h   Yonemura, Akemi ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^d MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^e RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)   (United States)

^h International Pharmaceutical Federation   (Netherlands)

ⁱ United Nations Educational   (France)

Author keywords

International pharmaceutical education

Indexed keywords

ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHARMACY; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; STANDARD;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; SOCIETIES, PHARMACEUTICAL; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 58149149944     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj7206127     Document Type: Short Survey

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