Discrepancies between patients’ and pharmacists’ perceptions of the role of community pharmacists as advisors on the use of pharmaceuticals in Japan: A comparison prior to and following revision of the Pharmacists’ Act

Objectives: In 2014, immediately prior to the revision of Article 25-2 of the Pharmacists’ Act, we conducted a survey on pharmacists’ and patients’ perceptions of pharmacists’ roles. A role discrepancy between the two was identified. The objective was to examine changes in role perceptions and aware...

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Main Authors: Shinji Oshima, Mari Yamagishi, Mitsuyoshi Okita, Hayato Akimoto, Akio Negishi, Norimitsu Horii, Mizue Mutoh, Yasuko Sannomaru, Sachihiko Numajiri, Naoko Inoue, Shigeru Ohshima, Masahiro Wada, Daisuke Kobayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-03-01
Series:SAGE Open Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312119838746