Exploring pharmacists' understanding and adoption of prescribing in 2 Canadian jurisdictions: Design and rationale for a mixed-methods approach

Canadian Pharmacists Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Guirguis, Lisa ^a   Cooney, Dale ^b   Dolovich, Lisa ^c   Eberhart, Greg ^b   Hughes, Christine ^a   Makowsky, Mark ^a   Sadowski, Cheryl ^a   Schindel, Theresa ^a   Yuksel, Nesé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta College of Pharmacists   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 80053476497     PISSN: 17151635     EISSN: 1913701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3821/1913-701X-144.5.240     Document Type: Article

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