OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe the attitude of University of Nigeria pharmacy students towards pharmaceutical care. METHOD A survey of pharmacy students in their second to fifth year was conducted. A modified 13-item standard Pharmaceutical Care Attitudes Survey (PCAS) was used for the study. Reliability and factorial validity of the modified instrument were assessed. R...

since late 1960s, pharmacists in the usa and england have started a professional movement towards a more efficient presence in clinical wards of hospitals. a similar movement has started in developed european countries during the past decade. pharmacists are convinced of the need for them to play their role as drug consultants and pharmacotherapy advisers to make decisions on drug therapy probl...

This article explores the impact of intensive competition within the pharmaceutical industry and among private providers on health care in an Indian city. In-depth interviewing and clinical observation were used over a period of 18 months. Private practitioners and chemists who provided regular services to inhabitants of a poor neighborhood in central Bhubaneswar were included. Fierce competiti...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of pharmacist intervention on the prevention and solution of drug therapyproblems (DTP), Body Mass Index (BMI), and blood pressure control in elderly outpatients with hypertension. The instruments were applied to 30 elderly outpatients assisted at the pharmacy of a primary health care unit in Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil. The group of patients...

Pharmacists as one of health-care providers face ethical issues in terms of pharmaceutical care, relationship with patients and cooperation with the health-care team. Other than pharmacy, there are pharmaceutical companies in various fields of manufacturing, importing or distributing that have their own ethical issues. Therefore, pharmacy practice is vulnerable to ethical challenges and needs s...

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Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, Department of Pharmacy: Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Pharmacy, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Reinier van Arkelgroep, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, Department...

OBJECTIVE To describe the organization of patient care into Specialized Pharmaceutical Care Hospital Outpatient Clinics in a Hospital Pharmacy Department, to evaluate their healthcare quality, and the quality  perceived by outpatients. METHOD A retrospective observational study in a High-Level Hospital Pharmacy Department during three periods (years 2010, 2013 and 2016); description of  the o...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of a Pharmaceutical Care service in the identification and resolution of drug-related problems (DRPs) and in quality of life (QoL) of a group of elderly outpatients with chronic health conditions. METHODS 30 outpatients (aged 60-75-years old) were followed between August 2003 and July 2004 at a primary health care unit in Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil. Patients ...