Turkish pharmacists' counseling practices and attitudes regarding emergency contraceptive pills

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 579-586

  Apikoglu Rabus, Sule ^a   Clark, Philip Martin ^b   Izzettin, Fikret V ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitude; Counseling; Emergency contraception pill; Non prescription; Pharmacist; Turkey

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY TEST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; TURKISH; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACISTS; TURKEY;

EID: 84867398435     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-012-9647-x     Document Type: Review

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