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Pharmacist-led minor ailment programs: a Canadian perspective
Pharmacists have a long history of helping Canadians with minor ailments. This often has involved management with over-the-counter medications. If pharmacists felt that the best care required something more robust, they would refer the patient to a physician. In hopes of improving the care of such a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4987077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27570460 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S99540 |
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description | Pharmacists have a long history of helping Canadians with minor ailments. This often has involved management with over-the-counter medications. If pharmacists felt that the best care required something more robust, they would refer the patient to a physician. In hopes of improving the care of such ailments, Canadian provinces have granted pharmacists the option of selecting medications traditionally under physician control. This review examines the Canadian perspective on pharmacists prescribing for minor ailments and the evidence of value for these programs. It might provide guidance for other jurisdictions contemplating such a move. |
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spelling | pubmed-49870772016-08-26 Pharmacist-led minor ailment programs: a Canadian perspective Taylor, Jeff Gordon Joubert, Ray Int J Gen Med Review Pharmacists have a long history of helping Canadians with minor ailments. This often has involved management with over-the-counter medications. If pharmacists felt that the best care required something more robust, they would refer the patient to a physician. In hopes of improving the care of such ailments, Canadian provinces have granted pharmacists the option of selecting medications traditionally under physician control. This review examines the Canadian perspective on pharmacists prescribing for minor ailments and the evidence of value for these programs. It might provide guidance for other jurisdictions contemplating such a move. Dove Medical Press 2016-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4987077/ /pubmed/27570460 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S99540 Text en © 2016 Taylor and Joubert. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Review Taylor, Jeff Gordon Joubert, Ray Pharmacist-led minor ailment programs: a Canadian perspective |
title | Pharmacist-led minor ailment programs: a Canadian perspective |
title_full | Pharmacist-led minor ailment programs: a Canadian perspective |
title_fullStr | Pharmacist-led minor ailment programs: a Canadian perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | Pharmacist-led minor ailment programs: a Canadian perspective |
title_short | Pharmacist-led minor ailment programs: a Canadian perspective |
title_sort | pharmacist-led minor ailment programs: a canadian perspective |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4987077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27570460 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S99540 |
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