The Pharmacist Guide to Implementing Pharmaceutical Care
Through the contributions of over 30 global experts, this book meets the growing need to understand the development and implementation of pharmaceutical care. This guide to pharmaceutical Care implementation details the pharmacist's role in providing a br
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The Pharmacist Guide to Implementing Pharmaceutical Care
The Pharmacist Guide to Implementing Pharmaceutical Care
Filipa Alves da Costa J. W. Foppe van Mil Aldo Alvarez-Risco •
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Editors Filipa Alves da Costa Ordem dos Farmacêuticos (Portuguese Pharmaceutical Society) Lisboa Portugal
Aldo Alvarez-Risco Universidad de San Martín de Porres Lima Peru
J. W. Foppe van Mil van Mil Consultancy Zuidlaren The Netherlands
ISBN 978-3-319-92575-2 ISBN 978-3-319-92576-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92576-9
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Preface
Pharmaceutical care is the pharmacist’s contribution to the care of individuals in order to optimize medicines use and improve health outcomes. The concept, that was first really developed around 1990 by Hepler and Strand, deals with how medicine users should receive their medicines and accompanying medicine information. At the same time, however, the pharmacist is also expected to counsel the patient, and monitor the problems that may occur with the medicine use, the so-called drug-related problems. As part of pharmaceutical care nowadays, pharmacists are also expected to assist prescribers in selecting the optimal medicine treatment or even to prescribe. Many practicing pharmacists have embraced pharmaceutical care, but others do not yet know how to shape it in their practice setting. The purpose of this book is to comprehensively provide practical support for the implementation of pharmaceutical care. This book is intended to guide and support
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