Making a case for a public health orientation in global pharmacy education and practice in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 723-729

  Addo Atuah, Joyce ^a  

^a TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

MDGs; Millennium Development Goals; Pharmacists in public health; Pharmacy education; Pharmacy practice; Pharmacy profession; Public health; Public health in pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHARMACY EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAINING;

EID: 84906240510     PISSN: 18771297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cptl.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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