Community pharmacy and the extended community pharmacist practice roles: The UAE experiences

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 563-570

  Sadek, Mirai Mourad ^a   Elnour, Asim Ahmed ^b   Al Kalbani, Naama M S ^c   Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth ^d   Baraka, Mohamed A ^e   Aziz, Alaa Mohammed Abdul ^b   Shehab, Abdulla ^b  

^a Abu Dhabi Health Services Co   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^e IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Community pharmacist; Community pharmacist extended roles; Community pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ABU DHABI; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84928190408     PISSN: 13190164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2015.03.023     Document Type: Review

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