Physician agreement regarding the expansion of pharmacist professional activities in the management of patients with asthma

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 335-342

  Tilly Gratton, Audrey ^a   Lamontagne, Alexandrine ^a   Blais, Lucie ^b   Bacon, Simon L ^c,d   Ernst, Pierre ^e,f   Grad, Roland ^g   Lavoie, Kim L ^d,h   McKinney, Martha L ^b   Desplats, Eve ^a   Ducharme, Francine M ^a,b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^d HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

asthma; pharmacist; physician agreement; survey

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 84999780435     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: 20427174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijpp.12320     Document Type: Article

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