The global pharmacy workforce: a systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT: The importance of health workforce provision has gained significance and is now considered one of the most pressing issues worldwide, across all health professions. Against this background, the objectives of the work presented here were to systematically explore and identify contemporary issues surrounding expansion of the global pharmacy workforce in order to assist the International Pharmaceutical Federation working group on the workforce. International peer and non-peer-reviewed literature published between January 1998 and February 2008 was analysed. Articles were collated by performing searches of appropriate databases and reference lists of relevant articles; in addition, key informants were contacted. Information that met specific quality standards and pertained to the pharmacy work

SUBMITTER: Hawthorne N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2706790 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature