Pharmaceutical care
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Pharmaceutical care is the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life . These outcomes are (i) cure of a disease; (ii) elimination or reduction of a patient's symptomatology;(iii) arresting or slowing of a disease process; or (iv) preventing a disease or symptomatology.[1]
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- ^ Helper, D.D. & Strand, L.M., Opportunities and Responsibilities in Pharmaceutical Care, Am.J. Pharm.Educ., 53, 7S-15S(1989).
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