Use of simulated patients to evaluate combined oral contraceptive dispensing practices of community pharmacists.

BACKGROUND: Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use is the most commonly used reversible method of birth control. The incorrect use of COCs is frequent and one of the most common causes of unintended pregnancies. Community pharmacists (CPs) are in a strategic position to improve COC use because they a...

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Main Authors: Paulo Roque Obreli-Neto, Leonardo Régis Leira Pereira, Camilo Molino Guidoni, André de Oliveira Baldoni, Srecko Marusic, Divaldo Pereira de Lyra-Júnior, Kelsen Luis de Almeida, Ana Claudia Montolezi Pazete, Janaina Dutra do Nascimento, Mitja Kos, Edmarlon Girotto, Roberto Kenji Nakamura Cuman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3853625?pdf=render