What do community pharmacists think about undertaking screening and brief interventions with problem drinkers? Results of a qualitative study in New Zealand and England

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-200

  Horsfield, Emma ^a   Sheridan, Janie ^a   Anderson, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; brief intervention; community pharmacy; risky drinking; screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 79955885104     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2011.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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