White paper: Value of specialty certification in pharmacy

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 612-620

  Pradel, Françoise G ^a   Palumbo, Francis B ^a   Flowers, Louis ^b   Daniel Mullins, C ^a   Haines, Stuart T ^c   Roffman, David S ^d  

^a Center on Drugs and Public Policy   (United States)

^b Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Program   (United States)

^c Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Clinical pharmacotherapeutic practice; Credentialing; Pharmacists; Pharmacy practice; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; HUMANS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIETIES, PHARMACEUTICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047688926     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/1544-3191.44.5.612.Pradel     Document Type: Review

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