[The role of pharmacists involved in drug therapy for home-care patients with the end-stage cancer].
Recently, a medical care function has become differentiated from medical system's perspectives, and accordingly the number of home-care patients has been increasing. Pharmacists working at drug stores not only prescribe drugs for home-care patients but also visit them at home to help them learn how to properly take their medications and to have correct dosages. To do this, drug store pharmacists have begun sharing information on their patients through care conferences attended with doctors at clinics and nurses at visiting nursing stations. In the present study with regard to the administration of medications for patients in the end-stage cancer, we described how pharmacists provided information on prescribed drugs to the wives and daughters of these patients. This report highlighted the issues surrounding these cases.
Katori
Chiaki
C
Shintsurumi Pharmacy.
Tamura
Yoshitami
Y
Nishimura
Kiyoshi
K
Karasawa
Junko
J
Kushida
Kazuki
K
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D004346:Drug Information Services; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013727:Terminal Care
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents