Promoting weight management services in community pharmacy: perspectives of the pharmacy team in Scotland

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 599-606

  Weidmann, Anita Elaine ^a   MacLure, Katie ^a   Marshall, Sarah ^a   Gray, Gwen ^a   Stewart, Derek ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Body weight; Experiences; Medicines counter assistants; Pharmacists; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINES COUNTER ASSISTANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVIEW; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; SCOTLAND; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SCOTLAND; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84937635183     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: 22107711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-015-0102-7     Document Type: Article

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