Collaboration between family physicians and community pharmacists to enhance adherence to chronic medications: Opinions of Saskatchewan family physicians

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Laubscher, Tessa ^a   Evans, Charity ^b   Blackburn, Dave ^b   Taylor, Jeff ^b   McKay, Shari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DRUG COST; FINANCE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 73249120600     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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