Patient attitudes towards a new role for pharmacists: Continued dispensing

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 1143-1151

  Abukres, Salem Hasn ^a   Hoti, Kreshnik ^a   Hughes, Jeffery David ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Oral contraceptives; Pharmacists; Prescription medication; Statins

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; MONOFEME; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; TRIFEME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTINUED DISPENSING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVACY; TRUST;

EID: 84906890036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S66719     Document Type: Article

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