clinical pharmacy is deemed an integral component of a health care system. the presence of clinical pharmacists in medical rounds could assist physicians in optimizing patients' pharmacotherapy. moreover, clinical pharmacists may reduce adverse effects and medication errors insofar as they contribute significantly to the detection and management of drug-related problems, not least in patients w...

As there is no evidence of previous studies on evaluating the level of job satisfaction and the major causes of dissatisfaction among the pharmacists in Iran, this study was designed. This study is a cross-sectional descriptive analysis of pharmacists practicing in Tehran private-sector pharmacies. We selected a stratified random sampling using number of prescriptions as a variable for stratifi...

The American Society of Health- System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that pharmacists have the unique knowledge, skills, and responsibilities for assuming an important role in substance abuse prevention, education, and assistance. Pharmacists, as health care providers, should be actively involved in reducing the negative effects that substance abuse has on society, health systems, and the pharmac...

Background Few studies in Japan use clustering to examine the work attitudes of pharmacists. This study conducts an exploratory analysis to classify those attitudes based on previous studies to help staff pharmacists and their management to understand their mutually beneficial requirements. Methods Survey data collected in previous studies from 1 228 community pharmacists and 419 hospital pha...

Purpose: To investigate doctors’ perception and expectations of the role of pharmacists in Pakistan’s healthcare system. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study and the study population consisted of 462 medical doctors from three Pakistani cities in Punjab State, namely, Islamabad, Faisalabad and Lahore. The doctors were selected from government hospitals in these three cities. Results: Three...

BACKGROUND Pharmacists are among the most accessible health care professionals in the community, yet are often not involved in community palliative care teams. OBJECTIVE We investigated community pharmacists' attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and knowledge about palliative care as a first step towards determining how best to facilitate the inclusion of community pharmacists on the palliative care...

OBJECTIVES To describe the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of Quebec's pharmacists towards immunization and determine their perceived barriers to pharmacist-led immunization. METHODS The current study was a descriptive survey of pharmacists working in a community setting in Quebec. Pharmacists were randomly chosen from a list of Quebec's community pharmacies and were contacted by phone from ...

UNLABELLED Pharmacovigilance has not progressed well in India and the concept is still in its infancy. India rates below 1% in pharmacovigilance as against the world rate of 5%. OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to evaluate the knowledge, perception and practice of pharmacovigilance among registered community pharmacists in Hyderabad, India. METHODS This was a prospective study to find out...

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that pharmacists who practice in hospitals and health systems (“health-system pharmacists”) have a critical leadership role in national health care quality-improvement initiatives. Health-system pharmacists possess the knowledge of drug therapy and medication-use systems required to successfully implement quality-assurance and im...