Information behaviour of Canadian pharmaceutical policy makers

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-27

  Greyson, Devon L ^a   Cunningham, Colleen ^a   Morgan, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health policy; Information dissemination; Information seeking behaviour; Pharmaceutical services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PHARMACISTS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POLICY MAKING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84857091415     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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