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Pharmacy
), is widely used in on pharmacy signs. is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. ( –67) Pharmacy is the science and practice of dispensing, preparing, reviewing safety and efficacy, monitoring, discovering, producing, and consulting about medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is an interdisciplinary science as it links health sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, and natural sciences with the humanities. The professional practice is clinically oriented, with most drugs now being manufactured by pharmaceutical industries and prescribed in the medical setting. Based on the setting, pharmacy practice is either classified as community or institutional pharmacy. Providing direct patient care is considered clinical pharmacy, mainly practiced in institutions like hospitals, long-term care facilities, hospice, ambulatory clinics, or psychiatric hospitals. However, more clinical application are becoming important in the community setting to combat barriers to accessing healthcare (e.g., immunizations, point of care testing, oral contraceptive prescribing, administering injectable therapies, suggesting OTC products, or prescribing under Physician backed protocols). The scope of pharmacy practice includes more traditional roles such as dispensing and compounding of medications based on compendiums, like the USP.…
Article summary
), is widely used in on pharmacy signs. is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. ( –67) Pharmacy is the science and practice of dispensing, preparing, reviewing safety and efficacy, monitoring, discovering, producing, and consulting about medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is an interdisciplinary science as it links health sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, and natural sciences with the humanities. The professional practice is clinically oriented, with most drugs now being manufactured by pharmaceutical industries and prescribed in the medical setting. Based on the setting, pharmacy practice is either classified as community or institutional pharmacy. Providing direct patient care is considered clinical pharmacy, mainly practiced in institutions like hospitals, long-term care facilities, hospice, ambulatory clinics, or psychiatric hospitals. However, more clinical application are becoming important in the community setting to combat barriers to accessing healthcare (e.g., immunizations, point of care testing, oral contraceptive prescribing, administering injectable therapies, suggesting OTC products, or prescribing under Physician backed protocols). The scope of pharmacy practice includes more traditional roles such as dispensing and compounding of medications based on compendiums, like the USP.…
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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