A qualitative study exploring perceptions and attitudes of community pharmacists about extended pharmacy services in Lahore, Pakistan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Hashmi, Furqan K ^a   Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^a   Khalid, Adnan ^b   Saleem, Fahad ^c   Aljadhey, Hisham ^d   Babar, Zaheer Ud Din ^e   Bashaar, Mohammad ^f  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f SMART Afghan International Trainings and Consultancy   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community pharmacists; Extended pharmacy services; Pakistan; Perception; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SALARY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027109031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2442-6     Document Type: Article

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