General practitioners' and pharmacists' perceptions of the role of community pharmacists in delivering clinical services

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-362

  Bryant, Linda J M ^a   Coster, Gregor ^a   Gamble, Greg D ^a   McCormick, Ross N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barriers; Clinical pharmacy; Community pharmacists; General practitioners; Medicines management; Perceptions; Pharmaceutical care; Roles; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 70849111349     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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