Pharmaceutical care: Need of the hour in India

Journal of Young Pharmacists

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 282-286

  Tumkur, A ^a   Muragundi, P M ^a   Shetty, R ^b   Naik, A ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; noncommunicable diseases; pharmaceutical care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY PHARMACIST; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACIST PATIENT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84872133737     PISSN: 09751483     EISSN: 09751505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.104374     Document Type: Article

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