Community pharmacists providing emergency contraception give little advice about future contraceptive use: A mystery shopper study

Contraception

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 538-542

  Glasier, Anna ^a   Manners, Rachel ^b   Loudon, Joanna C ^a   Muir, Aileen ^a  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraception; Emergency contraception; Mystery shopper; Pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; HEALTH SERVICE; PHARMACIST; PILOT STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHARMACISTS; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249285892     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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