General practitioners' perceptions of pharmacists' new services in New Zealand

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 364-373

  Hatah, Ernieda ^a,b   Braund, Rhiannon ^a   Duffull, Stephen ^a   Tordoff, June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy services; General practitioners; New Zealand; Perceptions; Pharmacists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERCEPTION; PHARMACISTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84862903488     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-012-9617-3     Document Type: Article

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