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[3]Job satisfaction, organisation commitment and retention in the public workforce: a survey among pharmacists in Malaysia.
The mean job satisfaction and organisational commitment score were 58.09 (standard deviation (SD) 11.83) and 53.46 (SD 6.65) respectively out of a maximum possible score of 90.
[4]Quantitative study evaluating perception of general public towards role of pharmacist in health care system of Pakistan.
...In
developed countries, studies showed that pharmacists were willing to provide evidence based advice to people. It also showed that
patients believed that they were at lower risk if they were able to meet with a pharmacist
regularly, and the pharmacist was identified as the predominant source of information for medicines... (4-6).
[5]How to enhance public health service utilization in community pharmacy?: general public and health providers' perspectives.
...Over the past decade, effort has been put into changing the role of the community pharmacists (PHs) from that of a drug compounder/supplier toward
a provider of public health services, along with high expectations on how community pharmacies can best be used.1,2...
...Reviews of the general public’s attitudes toward community pharmacy
services indicate that the pharmacy is not universally recognized as a source of general health information. They appear to view pharmacies as a source of prescribed and over-the-counter medicines and advice regarding minor health problems.10-12