Nicotine replacement therapy practices in Finland one year after deregulation of the product sales-Has anything changed from the community pharmacy perspective?

Health Policy

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-285

  Kurko, Terhi ^a   Linden, Kari ^b   Vasama, Mari ^a   Pietilä, Kirsi ^c   Airaksinen, Marja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Malmi Pharmacy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Counselling; Deregulation; Nicotine replacement therapy; Pharmacist; Smoking cessation; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEREGULATION; FINLAND; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COUNSELING; FINLAND; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 67650456531     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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