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Case study: A qualitative study aimed at comparing standard therapy in a breast cancer patient to the spiritual healing and psychological support, in improving patient’s compliance

Journal of Contemporary Pharmacy, 2021
Background: Breast tumor is the most well-known type of cancerous growth in ladies of Pakistan. The effect of the underlying diagnosis, treatment conventions, chemotherapeutic agents in contrast with culture, social and psychological parts of the ...
Ali Hassan, Hafiz Abdul Majeed, Azizullah Kakar   +2 more
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Pharmacists in clozapine clinics improving physical health monitoring [PDF]

Mental Health Clinician, 2022
Introduction: People living with schizophrenia have a higher rate of comorbid physical health diseases and compared with the general population die earlier due to these diseases.
Greg Spann, BPharm, GCert Psychiatric Therapeutics, Lewis Austin, BBiomedSc, MPharm, Edward King, BPharm   +2 more
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Applying Quality Improvement methods to address gaps in medicines reconciliation at transfers of care from an acute UK hospital [PDF]

, 2016
© Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited.Objectives Reliable reconciliation of medicines at admission and discharge from hospital is key to reducing unintentional prescribing discrepancies at transitions of healthcare.
Bell, D, Kuo, S, Marvin, V, Poots, A, Vaughan, L, Woodcock, T   +5 more
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Community pharmacist‐led interventions and their impact on patients’ medication adherence and other health outcomes: a systematic review

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 2018
Medication adherence can be defined as the extent to which one’s medication‐taking behaviour follows that mutually agreed upon by the prescribing physician. Optimal medication adherence is often deemed crucial for the success of a patient's treatment, as
A. Milosavljevic, Trudi J Aspden, J. Harrison   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rural ambulatory care pharmacists providing in-clinic and home visit services improve adherence to long-acting injectable antipsychotics [PDF]

Mental Health Clinician
Patients with schizophrenia often experience symptoms such as poor insight and disorganized thought, which limit their ability to seek and receive care consistently.
Heng “Helen” Chang, PharmD, BCPS, Laura Michelle Vaughn, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES, Danica Liu, PharmD   +2 more
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Analysis of cumulative antibiogram reports in intensive care units at an Egyptian University Hospital

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2023
Background: Institutions must have access to antibiograms to monitor changes in antimicrobial resistance and direct empirical antibiotic therapy. The first facility-specific cumulative antibiogram was launched in the ICU in 2019.
Essamedin M. Negm, Eman S. Elgharabawy, Shahenda G. Badran, ALZahraa M. soliman, Aya M. el sayed, Aya O.N. Raafat, Sara T. Soliman, Heba M. Mahmoud, Ahmed E. Tawfik, Amr T. EL Hawary, Abeer El Hawary, Ahmed Elhewala, Rehab H. El-Sokkary   +12 more
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Barriers to pharmacist prescribing: a scoping review comparing the UK, New Zealand, Canadian and Australian experiences

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 2019
Non‐medical prescribers, including pharmacists, have been found to achieve comparable clinical outcomes with doctors for certain health conditions. Legislation supporting pharmacist prescribing (PP) has been implemented in the United Kingdom (UK), Canada
Mingming Zhou, J. Desborough, A. Parkinson, Kirsty A. Douglas, D. McDonald, K. Boom   +5 more
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An evaluation of antimicrobial stewardship in community pharmacy [PDF]

, 2015
This study investigated several aspects of antimicrobial stewardship by gathering information from community pharmacists and members of the public. The aim was to identify how community pharmacists implement antimicrobial stewardship guidelines and ...
Hancock, Laura Jade, Mellor, Callan
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Pharmacist 2.0 [PDF]

Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada, 2015
In this month’s editorial, we present a new way of looking at pharmacy practice change. This work was a collaboration between the artist and the pharmacist to depict what pharmacists are facing in 2015. We are interested in hearing your thoughts on this work. What does it mean to you? Please write to us.
Jesse, Thomas, Ross, Tsuyuki
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Drug related problems in admitted geriatric patients: the impact of clinical pharmacist interventions

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
BackgroundGeriatric patients are at high risk of Drug Related Problems (DRPs) due to multi- morbidity associated polypharmacy, age related physiologic changes, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics alterations.
B. Hailu, Derebew Fikadu Berhe, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Kidu Gidey, Mestawet Getachew   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source