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01-02-2013 | Editorial

What is ‘pharmaceutical care’ in 2013?

Authors: J. W. Foppe van Mil, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos

Published in: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy | Issue 1/2013

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Since 1990, the question ‘What is pharmaceutical care’ was usually answered with Hepler and Strand’s definition: “Pharmaceutical care is the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of life” [1]. Nonetheless, already since 1990 some debate existed about different elements in this definition, and also different understandings on how this definition links in with the professional mission of the pharmacist. …

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Title: What is ‘pharmaceutical care’ in 2013?
Authors: J. W. Foppe van Mil
Fernando Fernandez-Llimos
Publication date: 01-02-2013
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 2210-7703
Electronic ISSN: 2210-7711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-012-9728-x

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