BACKGROUND Pharmacists can provide beneficial pharmaceutical care services to patients receiving Parenteral Nutrition (PN) therapy by working within Nutrition Support Teams (NSTs). OBJECTIVE This study was designed to explore pharmacists' role in PN therapy in hospitals of Kuwait, sources of PN-related information, opinions on NSTs, perceptions about the barriers to pharmaceutical care implem...

BACKGROUND Although dietary supplements (DS) are widely sold in pharmacies, the legal, ethical, and practice responsibilities of pharmacists with respect to these products have not been well defined. This systematic review of pharmacists' attitudes, knowledge, and professional practice behaviours toward DS is intended to inform pharmacy regulators' and educators' decision making around this top...

INTRODUCTION Pharmacists and pharmaceutical services are among the most important resources and programs in providing health for a society. Pharmacists as the key players in presenting health services, greatly impact on the health of a society and if they suffer low job satisfaction, their dissatisfaction may relatively threaten health in a society. This study was conducted to determine Iranian...

Pharmacists who practice in hospitals and health systems (health-system pharmacists) play a vital role in maintaining and promoting public health. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that all healthsystem pharmacists have a responsibility to participate in global, national, state, regional, and institutional efforts to promote public health and to integrate the goa...

BACKGROUND Natural health products (NHPs) such as herbs, vitamins and homeopathic medicines, are currently available for sale in most Canadian pharmacies. However, most pharmacists report that they have limited knowledge about these products which have been regulated in Canada as a specific sub-category of drugs. In this paper, consumers' and practicing pharmacists' perceptions of pharmacists' ...

BACKGROUND In Japan, the circumstances in which pharmacists work are changing. Pharmacists are expected to assess conditions of patients subject to medication to ensure proper use of pharmaceutical products. To ensure fulfilment of these roles, there have already been pharmacists' efforts in performing vital signs monitoring. OBJECTIVE To clarify the necessity and related issues, by investiga...

OBJECTIVE To determine which drug references Utah pharmacists use most frequently. To determine which types of drug information questions are most commonly asked, and whether Utah pharmacists have access to adequate references to respond to these questions. METHODS A 19-question survey was created using Qualtrics, LLC (Provo, Utah) software. An electronic survey link was sent to 1,431 pharmac...

BACKGROUND Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are a major public health problem. Prompt reporting of suspected ADRs is fundamental in the post-marketing surveillance of medicines and helps in ensuring medicine safety. However, fewer ADRs are reported in general and in particular by community pharmacists. There is limited knowledge about the factors which are preventing community pharmacists in the U...

OBJECTIVE To examine the beliefs, attitudes, and interests of Texas pharmacists at different career stages with respect to independent pharmacy ownership. DESIGN Non-experimental, cross-sectional study. SETTING Texas in November-December 2004. PARTICIPANTS 180 practicing pharmacists. INTERVENTION Mail survey. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Pharmacists' self-reported attitudes (ranging from -90...

Tobacco-related diseases killed 100 millions people in 20th century and unless urgent action is taken, it is predicted that 1 billion people in total will be killed by smoking in this century. Pharmacists as health-care professionals should support the healthy lifestyle campaign and motivate smokers to quit smoking especially as they have the theoretical basis for such counselling. The aims of ...