Ontario family physician readiness to collaborate with community pharmacists on drug therapy management

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-50

  Pojskic, Nedzad ^a   MacKeigan, Linda ^a   Boon, Heather ^a   Ellison, Philip ^b,c   Breslin, Curtis ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Community; Drug therapy management; Family medicine; Pharmacist; Physician; Transtheoretical model of behavior change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79952618531     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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