Public Health in Pharmacy Practice: A Casebook
About This Book
3 Medication safety: to ‘error’ is human Christine Chim, PharmD, BCACP Joshua P. Rickard, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, BCPS, CDCES Topic Area Medication safety Learning Objectives At the end of this case, students will be able to: - Define medication-use safety and the importance to public health - Identify risk factors associated with medication safety and reasons for unsafe medication use in elderly patients - Examine the pharmacist’s role and tools used to improve medication safety - Recommend resourc
| Category | general |
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| Subject | N/A |
| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 7 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Chapters
- 11 The cough heard ‘round the world: working with tuberculosis
- 15 Smoke in mirrors: the continuing problem of tobacco use
- 21 Anticipating anthrax and other bioterrorism threats
- 26 The hidden burden of hemodialysis: personal and economic impacts
- 27 Only a mirage: searching for healthy options in a food desert
- 50 A toxic situation: the roles of pharmacists and poison control centers
- 53 A pharmacist’s obligation: advocating for change