Pharmacists' experiences with dispensing opioids: Provincial survey

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Kahan, Meldon ^a,b   Wilson, Lynn ^a,b   Wenghofer, Elizabeth Francis ^c   Srivastava, Anita ^a,b,d   Resnick, Anne ^e   Janecek, Eva ^d   Sheehan, Carolynn ^f  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e Ontario College of Pharmacists   (Canada)

^f Child Care Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; OPIATE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MARKETING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; CODEINE; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OXYCODONE; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 81855212499     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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