The outcome of pharmacist counseling at the time of hospital discharge: An observational nonrandomized study

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 492-497

  Al Ghamdi, Sami Ali ^a   Mahmoud, Mansour Adam ^b   Alammari, Maha Abdalaziz ^a   Al Bekairy, Abdulkareem Mohamed ^a   Alwhaibi, Muneera ^b   Mayet, Ahmad Yacoub ^b   Aljadhey, Hisham Saad ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DRUG TOXICITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHARMACISTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84868631142     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.492     Document Type: Article

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