Future expectations for Japanese pharmacists as compared to the rest of the world

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 448-458

  Inoue, Yutaka ^a   Morita, Yuki ^a   Takikawa, Mayu ^a   Takao, Koichi ^a   Kanamoto, Ikuo ^a   Sugibayashi, Kenji ^a  

^a JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dispensing system; Health promotion; Pharmacy assistant; Role of the pharmacist; Team medical care

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COUNSELING; DEVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COUNSELING; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACISTS' AIDES;

EID: 84927973102     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2014.08.007     Document Type: Note

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