Physician beliefs and attitudes toward collaboration with community pharmacists

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-232

  Kucukarslan, Suzan ^a   Lai, Steven ^a   Dong, Yannan ^a   Al Bassam, Noor ^a   Kim, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community practice; Pharmacist; Physician collaboration

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG TOXICITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RANDOMIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 80052248977     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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