STANDPOINT FROM HOSPITAL PHARMACY LABELING

From the Standpoint of Dermatology

Because skin color directly reflects every pathological change of skin that causes modification of its optical characteristics, it is vital information in dermatological diagnosis. Photographs have played a substantial role for a long time in recording skin lesions, and recently digital imaging has been introduced for this purpose. But the quality of skin color images reproduced by any currentl...

Hospital pharmacy workforce in Brazil

BACKGROUND This study aims to describe the distribution of the hospital pharmacy workforce in Brazil. METHODS Data were acquired, during 2016, through the Brazilian National Database of Healthcare Facilities (CNES). The following variables were extracted: hospital name, registry number, telephone, e-mail, state, type of institution, subtype, management nature, ownership, presence of research/...

Clinical pharmacy services, pharmacy staffing, and hospital mortality rates.

OBJECTIVE To determine if hospital-based clinical pharmacy services and pharmacy staffing continue to be associated with mortality rates. METHODS A database was constructed from 1998 MedPAR, American Hospital Association's Annual Survey of Hospitals, and National Clinical Pharmacy Services databases, consisting of data from 2,836,991 patients in 885 hospitals. Data from hospitals that had 14 ...

Affective Touch from a Philosophical Standpoint

This chapter offers a critical philosophical examination of recent work on pleasant (or affective) touch. After developing a distinction between two notions of perceptual affect, I argue that “emotional” and “affi liative” touch are best understood as causing affective reactions, and that affective touch is best understood as perceptually presenting us with affective qualities. In other words, ...

Morbid Impulses from the Medico-Legal Standpoint