Pharmacists' awareness of Australia's health care reforms and their beliefs and attitudes about their current and future roles

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-40

  Mak, Vivienne S L ^a   Clark, Alice ^a   Poulsen, Joo H ^a   Udengaard, Kimmie U ^a   Gilbert, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitudes; awareness; beliefs; pharmacists; reforms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CONSULTANTS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OWNERSHIP; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84855773536     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: 20427174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2011.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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