Pharmaceutical care in Kuwait: hospital pharmacists’ perspectives

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1170-1178

  Katoue, Maram G ^a   Awad, Abdelmoneim I ^a   Schwinghammer, Terry L ^b   Kombian, Samuel B ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital pharmacists; Kuwait; Pharmaceutical care; Pharmacist attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORKLOAD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHARMACIST; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920144465     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: 22107711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-014-0013-z     Document Type: Article

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