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The Potential of Incorporating a Pharmacist-Only Medicine Category in Poland

Scientia Pharmaceutica
Pharmacists play an important role, being increasingly focused on patient care and pharmaceutical services. This trend is also noticeable in Poland. Thus, we aimed to study the opinions of Polish pharmacists to determine the potential for introducing a ...
Tomasz Zaprutko, Józefina Sprawka, Barbara Maciuszek-Bartkowska, Piotr Ratajczak, Dorota Kopciuch, Anna Paczkowska, Krzysztof Kus   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of health outcome and health service utilization indicators as an outcome of access to medicines in Brazil: perspectives from a literature review

Public Health Reviews, 2019
Background To guarantee the right to health, the health system must also ensure access to medicines. Several financial arrangements to provide these technologies are implemented and range from the direct (either total or partial) to indirect payment by ...
Luisa Arueira Chaves, Danielle Maria de Souza Serio dos Santos, Monica Rodrigues Campos, Vera Lucia Luiza   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rarely listed essential medicines in 158 national lists

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
Background Health needs are relatively similar across the planet as there are few conditions that are truly unique to one region or country, and most conditions are common around the world.
Moizza Zia Ul Haq, Camila Heredia, Amal Rizvi, Aine Workentin, Nav Persaud   +4 more
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Feasibility and Safety of High‐Dose Proton Re‐Irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors: A Single‐Institution Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song, Jonathan Baron, Carlos Chavez Perez, Sidharth Ramesh, Jane Minturn, Kavita A. Desai, Amish C. Shah, Jean M. Belasco, Kristina A. Cole, Michael J. Fisher, Phillip B. Storm, Peter M. Madsen, Goldie Kurtz, Robert A. Lustig, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Michael J. LaRiviere   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Framing access to medicines in developing countries: an analysis of media coverage of Canada's Access to Medicines Regime

BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2010
Background In September 2003, the Canadian government committed to developing legislation that would facilitate greater access to affordable medicines for developing countries.
Cosio Andrea, Kuek Victoria, Phillips Kaye, Esmail Laura C, Kohler Jillian   +4 more
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Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek, Lori Wiener, Stephanie Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Donna Johnston, Fyeza Hasan, Adam Rapoport, Nathasha Datoo, Kimberley Widger, Sumit Gupta, Karen Fergus, Anthony K. C. Chan, Alisha Kassam, Emily McCullogh, Dave Lysecki   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Transformation in the Health Product Supply Chain: A Framework for Analysis

Health Systems & Reform
Well-functioning supply chains for medicines and other health products are vital for a health system’s goals of ensuring access, quality, and efficiency.
Prashant Yadav
doaj   +1 more source

Access to Medicines: the Role of Intellectual property Law and Policy [PDF]

, 2012
Intellectual property (IP) policy is an important structural determinant of health. Patent policy influences the rate and direction of innovation for health, playing a positive or negative role depending on how it is shaped and implemented.
El Said, Mohammed, Kapczynski, Amy
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