Weight management in community pharmacy: What do the experts think?

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 447-454

  Um, Irene S ^a   Armour, Carol ^b   Krass, Ines ^a   Gill, Timothy ^c   Chaar, Betty B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Community pharmacy; Competencies; Obesity; Patient counselling; Pharmacist training; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIET THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBESITY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; EDUCATION, PHARMACY, CONTINUING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; PHARMACISTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84878333905     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-013-9761-4     Document Type: Article

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