Increasing community pharmacy workloads in England: Causes and consequences

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 512-520

  Gidman, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Coping; Gender; Patient safety; Role expansion; Skill mix; Stress; United kingdom; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79960057524     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-011-9498-x     Document Type: Article

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