Factors influencing community pharmacists’ recommendation of over-the-counter medications in four Vietnam cities
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Safeguarding older adults from inappropriate over-the-counter medications: the role of community pharmacists.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To elicit the thought process or mental model that community pharmacists use when making recommendations on over-the-counter (OTC) medications to older adults and to elicit the current practices of community pharmacists in providing information, advice, and counseling to older adults about potentially inappropriate OTC medications. DESIGN AND METHODS Three separate focus ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1596-9827,1596-5996
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v18i2.29