How community pharmacy staff manage a patient with possible oral cancer.
Community pharmacy staff were surveyed for the advice they would offer to a patient with a history highly suggestive of oral carcinoma. Less than 10% of 57 pharmacies indicated that a dental or medical opinion should be sought. This study confirms that the knowledge of pharmacy staff about oral disease is as limited as it is about systemic disease and suggests that a dental or medical consultation is necessary for persisting complaints.
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University Department of Oral Medicine, Surgery and Pathology, Bristol Dental Hospital and School.
Gill
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Gill
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D000368:Aged; D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D010594:Pharmacies; D010595:Pharmacists; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014456:Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy; D000078329:Workforce