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Patient-Centered Communication in Pharmacy Practice
Patient-Centered Communication in Pharmacy Practice
Patient-Centered Communication in Pharmacy Practice
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Patient- Centered
Communication
in Pharmacy
Practice
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Introduction
Pharmacists’ Responsibility in Patient Care
Importance of Communication in Meeting Your
Patient Care
Responsibilities
What is Patient-Centered Care?
Understanding Medication Use from the Patient
Perspective
Encouraging a More Active Patient Role in
Therapeutic Monitoring
A Patient-Centered View of the Medication Use
Process
Why is patient-centered CHAPTER
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communication so crucial to a
professional practice?
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communication so crucial to a
professional practice?
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Role in Therapeutic Monitoring
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In establishing effective relationships with patients, your
responsibility to help patients achieve desired health outcomes
must be kept in mind. The patient is the focus of the
medication-use process.
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1. What is patient-centered care?
2. What are the two primary functions that the
communication process serves
between health professionals and patients?
3. What is the benefit of analyzing the medication-use
process by patients?