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The demise of homoeopathy?
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The two main principles of homoeopathy, namely the law of similars and the notion that highly potentised (diluted) remedies can be effective even though they are unlikely to contain a single molecule of the original substance, have remained controversial throughout their 200-year history. Opponents quite simply insist that where there is no molecule there can be no effect, and that all clinical effects of homoeopathy must therefore be due to placebo. A meta-analysis of all randomised ...
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Pharmaceutical care (7) Arthritis
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Arthritis, which includes osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis and gout, affects about 10 per cent of the adult UK population, although estimates of prevalence are made difficult by diagnostic uncertainties.1,2,3 Osteoarthritis (OA) is most common and affects as many as 10-20 per cent of those aged >64 years.4 Inflammatory arthritic conditions, which include rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile chronic arthritis, psoriatic ...
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Can community pharmacists provide a clinical pharmacy service to community hospitals?
Aim To examine whether interventions made by community pharmacists in a community hospital were appropriate and to compare the effectiveness of an external peer review with an expert panel as a quality assurance mechanism.
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Pharmacists' views on deregulating emergency hormonal contraception Subscription
The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 266 No 7131 p89-92 January 20, 2001 Original Papers By Andy Wearn, MMedSc, MRCGP, Paramjit Gill, DM, MRCGP, Mike Gray, MRPharmS, and Alain Li Wan Po, PhD, FRPharmS
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Developing and validating a competency framework for advanced pharmacy practice
This study has developed an evidence-based advanced practice competency framework, grounded in the multi-disciplinary literature and validated by expert opinion.
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Mapping teaching, learning and assessment in the MPharm in UK schools of pharmacy Subscription
Keith A. Wilson, PhD, FRPharmS, is professor of pharmacy practice Chris A. Langley, PhD, MRPharmS, is lecturer in pharmacy practice Katie Hatfield, BSc, MRPharmS, is teaching fellow in pharmacy practice
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Walking a line between health care and sales: the role of the medicines counter assistant Subscription
Jonathan Banks, PhD, is research associate and Alison Shaw, PhD, is lecturer in the department of community medicine at the University of Bristol. Marjorie C. Weiss, DPhil, MRPharmS, is senior lecturer in the department of pharmacy and pharmacology at the University of Bath.
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Patient information leaflets — impact of European regulations on safe and effective use of medicines Subscription
This study aims to assess the impact of European regulations concerning patient information leaflets on the safe and effective use of medicines. Medicines are the most common intervention in health care, and their safe and effective use depends on a number of factors.
