Emergency contraception in Australian community pharmacies: A simulated patient study

Contraception

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-182

  Queddeng, Katrina ^a   Chaar, Betty ^a   Williams, Kylie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Community pharmacy; Emergency contraceptive pill; Pharmacy ethics; Simulated patient; Standards of practice

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACIST PATIENT RELATION; PHARMACY; PRIVACY; SIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; COUNSELING; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 78651449227     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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