How do Australian metropolitan and rural pharmacists counsel consumers with prescriptions?

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 394-405

  Puspitasari, Hanni Prihhastuti ^a   Aslani, Parisa ^a   Krass, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Community pharmacy; Counselling; Metropolitan community pharmacy; Rural community pharmacy; Verbal counselling; Written counselling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; COUNSELING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACISTS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SUBURBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 67349278558     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-009-9289-9     Document Type: Article

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