Pharmacist attire and its impact on patient preference
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...To date, this is the first study to assess the role of pharmacist attire on trust as well as the first to examine the contemporary (and increasingly common) issues of pharmacist tattoos and facial piercings in the community pharmacy setting.(21,22) Our findings among pharmacists complement and reinforce the existing literature specific to physicians, which indicate that nontraditional facial piercings have a negative effect on the patient perceptions of competency and trustworthiness....
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...However, patients in the independent community pharmacies believe formally dressed pharmacists wearing a white coat are less approachable compared to the patients at their chain community pharmacy counterparts.(21) In another study, patients perceived pharmacists in casual dress with a white coat less favorably, but it was still determined to be less important than the level of patient communication....
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