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                                                                <journal-id>j. res. pharm.</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Journal of Research in Pharmacy</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2630-6344</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Marmara University</publisher-name>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="en">
                                                            <subject>Pharmacy Management</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Eczacılık İşletmeciliği</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>A study on determining the opinions and attitudes of  community pharmacists about non-pharmaceutical  medicinal products</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Aykaç Gülpınar</surname>
                                    <given-names>Gizem</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ANKARA UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, PHARMACY MANAGEMENT (DR) (PHARMACY)</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Dolu</surname>
                                    <given-names>Servet</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ANKARA UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, PHARMACY MANAGEMENT (DR) (PHARMACY)</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Uzun</surname>
                                    <given-names>Mehmet Barlas</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ANKARA UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, PHARMACY MANAGEMENT (DR) (PHARMACY)</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Özçelikay</surname>
                                    <given-names>Gülbin</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ANKARA UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, PHARMACY MANAGEMENT (DR) (PHARMACY)</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20250627">
                    <day>06</day>
                    <month>27</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>23</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>147</fpage>
                                        <lpage>155</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20171125">
                        <day>11</day>
                        <month>25</month>
                        <year>2017</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20180601">
                        <day>06</day>
                        <month>01</month>
                        <year>2018</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2010, Journal of Research in Pharmacy</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2010</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Journal of Research in Pharmacy</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Social change and changing needs of today’s people bring about a service concept that includes both prescription drugs and non-prescription drugs (over the counter medicines and parapharmaceuticals) are offered to clients. Community pharmacists who are the most accessible healthcare providers begin to focus on selling (parapharmaceuticals) non-pharmaceutical medicinal products (NPMPs) that are seen more profitable and require less bureaucratic processes. Assuming that the dilemmas often experienced by community pharmacists between the “businessman” and “healthcare giver” roles could affect their attitudes and opinions about NPMPs. The study, which is designed from this point of departure, is aimed at revealing the opinions of community pharmacists about NPMPs, their knowledge NPMPs and their attitudes such as sales of these products and their policy arrangements. A face to face questionnaire was distributed to 244 community pharmacists in Ankara. According to the results, it was determined that the rate of NPMP sales in total turnover and the pharmacy settlement affect the opinions and attitudes on the subject of the community pharmacists. Most of the pharmacists&#039; &quot;business owner&quot; roles have been shown to influence their attitudes towards drugs and NPMPs, whether their NPMP sales are excessive or not.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Community pharmacist</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  community pharmacy</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  non-drug products</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  ethical dilemma</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  opinion and attitude.</kwd>
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