Attitudes and perceptions of healthcare providers and medical students towards clinical pharmacy services in United Arab Emirates

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 421-430

  Abu Gharbieh, Eman ^a   Fahmy, Sahar ^b   Rasool, Bazigha Abdul ^a   Abduelkarem, Abduelmula ^c   Basheti, Iman ^d  

^a DUBAI PHARMACY COLLEGE   (United Arab Emirates)

^b HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AJMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacy services; Healthcare providers; Perception; Pharmaceutical care

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEER GROUP; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 78349290760     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v9i5.61050     Document Type: Article

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