Community pharmacists' attitudes toward dispensing errors at community pharmacy setting in Central Saudi Arabia

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-202

  Al Arifi, Mohamed N ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community pharmacy; Dispensing errors; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG LABELING; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG PACKAGING; FATIGUE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICATION ERROR; NOISE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGISTRATION; SAUDI ARABIA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84904070560     PISSN: 13190164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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