Title |
Piloting the role of a pharmacist in a community palliative care multidisciplinary team: an Australian experience
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Published in |
BMC Palliative Care, October 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-684x-10-16 |
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Authors |
Safeera Y Hussainy, Margaret Box, Sandy Scholes |
Abstract |
While the home is the most common setting for the provision of palliative care in Australia, a common problem encountered here is the inability of patient/carers to manage medications, which can lead to misadventure and hospitalisation. This can be averted through detection and resolution of drug related problems (DRPs) by a pharmacist; however, they are rarely included as members of the palliative care team. The aim of this study was to pilot a model of care that supports the role of a pharmacist in a community palliative care team. A component of the study was to develop a cost-effective model for continuing the inclusion of a pharmacist within a community palliative care service. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Argentina | 1 | 11% |
Unknown | 8 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 9 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Malaysia | 2 | 1% |
Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
Ghana | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 143 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 29 | 20% |
Student > Bachelor | 25 | 17% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 11% |
Researcher | 14 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 8% |
Other | 25 | 17% |
Unknown | 26 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 44 | 30% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 27% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 10% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 4% |
Unspecified | 3 | 2% |
Other | 10 | 7% |
Unknown | 29 | 20% |