Perception of Nepalese community pharmacists towards patient counseling and continuing pharmacy education program: A multicentric study

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1408-1413

  Poudel, Arjun ^a,b   Khanal, S ^a   Kadir, Alam ^a   Palaian, S ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Community pharmacist; Community pharmacy; Continuing pharmacy education; Nepal; Patient counseling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 65549143265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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