Pharmacists’ knowledge of issues in pharmacotherapy of epilepsy using antiepileptic drugs: A cross-sectional study in Palestinian pharmacy practice

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue , 2017, Pages 39-44

  Shawahna, Ramzi ^a   Atrash, Ahlam ^a   Jebril, Aman ^a   Khalaf, Areen ^a   Shaheen, Eman ^a   Tahboosh, Hala ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Knowledge; Palestine; People with epilepsy; Pharmacists

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG INFORMATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALESTINIAN; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ARAB; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG INTERACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85009083455     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.11.027     Document Type: Article

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