HIV/AIDS patient's satisfactory and their expectations with pharmacy service at specialist antiretroviral therapy (ART) units

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 331-339

  Karunamoorthi, Kaliyaperumal ^b,c   Rajalakshmi, M ^a   Makesh Babu, S ^b   Yohannes, A ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy (ART); Ethiopia; HIV AIDS patients; Patient satisfaction; Patients expectations; Pharmacy service

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450175102     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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