Counselling provision in specialist drug treatment services

Patient perspectives on provision of drug information services in Japan.

Today pharmacists provide indispensable drug information to patients, however, few studies have examined the kind of information that patients want, or their satisfaction with pharmacists' advice. Therefore, we have examined a variety of factors, including individual patient characteristics, in order to identify ways to provide useful and appropriate drug information on an individual basis. In ...

Deciding about fertility preservation after specialist counselling.

STUDY QUESTION How do female patients experience fertility preservation (FP) consultation (FPC) with a specialist in reproductive medicine and subsequent decision-making on FP? SUMMARY ANSWER Most patients had positive experiences with FPC, but negative experiences were found to be associated with decisional conflict and decision regret. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY When confronted with a need for...

Drug treatment services in jails.

Provision of NHS generalist and specialist services to care homes in England: review of surveys.

BACKGROUND The number of beds in care homes (with and without nurses) in the United Kingdom is three times greater than the number of beds in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals. Care homes are predominantly owned by a range of commercial, not-for-profit or charitable providers and their residents have high levels of disability, frailty and co-morbidity. NHS support for care home residents ...

The level of provision of specialist palliative care services in Scotland: an international benchmarking study

OBJECTIVES Comparative benchmarking of specialist palliative care (SPC) services across jurisdictions can be used to assess the adequacy of provision. Published in 2016, the Scottish Atlas of Palliative Care unlocks the possibility of benchmarking Scotland's provision against other European Union (EU) countries. Our objectives were to describe the provision of SPC services in Scotland and compa...