Student pharmacist perspectives on providing pharmacy-access hormonal contraception services

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 762-765

  Rafie, Sally ^a   El Ibiary, Shareen Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Contraceptives; Pharmacy access drug products; Student pharmacists; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; JUVENILE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; STATISTICS;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857484898     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2011.10094     Document Type: Article

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