ROLE OF COMMUNITY PHARMACIST IN PATIENT’S HEALTHCARE - A GROWING NEED IN CHRONIC DISEASES

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Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

M. Uday Venkat; A. Nagesh; R. Thiyagu; V. Rajesh; A. Nagappa Naik

Source:

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PHARMACY AND CHEMISTRY, Volume 1, Issue 3, p.470-474 (2011)

URL:

http://ijrpc.com/files/00029.pdf

Keywords:

Chronic Diseases, Community Pharmacist, Patient Care

Abstract:

Community pharmacist is only healthcare professional who will interact with several
individuals each day and can make successful efforts to educate the patients and guide him
about the disease, drugs and life style modification. Patient understanding regarding the
diseases plays a very important role in management of chronic diseases. Since chronic
diseases move through different phases and these phases of diseases require different kinds
of managing strategies these patients are primarily concerned with quality of life. In this
article the authors make an attempt to emphasize some of the commonly seen chronic
diseases where community pharmacists can play an active role through patient’s healthcare.

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