Community pharmacist experiences of providing needle and syringe programmes in Ireland
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Community pharmacist experiences of providing needle and syringe programmes in Ireland.
BACKGROUND Community pharmacists are increasingly acknowledged as under-utilized, important and accessible health providers in providing harm reduction support to drug users via needle and syringe programmes (NSP), provision of advice, HIV/Hepatitis testing and as referral mechanism to social, medical and treatment services. We report here on qualitative findings as part of the evaluation of th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1551-7411
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2016.07.006