Pharmacy Practice Research Case Studies provides examples and details regarding how pharmacy practice research has transformed over the past decade and how this is impacting overall health. This book presents several methodologies and techniques used in current pharmacy practice. According to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, countries around the world are aiming to achieve Universal Health Coverage. In this context, pharmacists are a vital part of the healthcare teams and the book portrays the research methods used in conducting pharmacy practice and medicines use research. The professional role of pharmacists has evolved tremendously over the past few decades across the globe and the pace of change has been interestingly phenomenal in varying aspects. The book provides a great resource for pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, policymakers, and researchers to understand the dimensions of practice, education, research, and policy concerning pharmacy, and it provides the synthesis of the development so far, pointing to the needs and demands of the future.
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Table of Contents
1. Experiences with Clinical Pharmacy Services in Cardiac Rehabilitation Program in Qatar2. Clinical Pharmacy Service Innovation in Obstetrics and Gynecology Setting
3. Pharmacy Practice Research Case Studies on Home Care Services
4. PharmaSAFE: A Quality Assurance Process to Improve Community Pharmacy Services in Saudi Arabia
5. Pharmacy services and pharmacy practice research in Ukraine
6. Understanding pharmacy staff attitudes and experience relating to suicide
7. Making Time, Making History, Transforming Lives. Community Pharmacy service development and evaluation for people living with Learning Disabilities in the UK
8. Pharmacist-led interventions for the early detection of cardiovascular ill-health and its risk factors: experience from Portugal
9. Pharmacy practice and Continuing Professional Development in low and middle income countries (LMICs)
10. Personalising Patient Care with Medicines: Innovative Models of Care from the UK
11. Pharmacy Services for Safe Parenteral Nutrition
12. Community pharmacists and pharmacovigilance: Global overview and a case study
Authors
Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Practice College of Pharmacy, Qatar University, Qatar.With over 25 years of experience in pharmaceutical policy and practice research, Prof Zaheer Babar is a global authority and a prolific author in this field. He comes with a long-standing academic career in pharmacy in New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. He is globally known for his work in policy and practice, including quality use of medicines, and issues related to medicines access and pricing.
Prof. Babar has published over 300 papers and is considered the leading researcher in the "pharmacy practice research category�. He has published in high-impact journals such as PLoS Medicine and the Lancet and has acted as a consultant for the WHO, RPS, UNDP, HAI, MSH, FIP, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, World Bank, European Union, and the Pharmaceutical Management Agency of New Zealand. His edited work includes "Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services", "Pharmaceutical Prices in the 21st Century", "Pharmaceutical Policies in Countries with Developing Healthcare Systems", "Global Pharmaceutical Policy", "Access to high-cost medicines", "Pharmacy Practice Research Methods", "Pharmacy Practice Research Case Studies" , "Encyclopaedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy", and "Encyclopaedia of Evidence in Pharmaceutical Public Health and Health Services Research in Pharmacy". Published by Elsevier and Adis/Springer, his work is used in curriculum design, policy development, and referral all around the globe. Professor Babar is the founding Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice [IF = 4.2], a high-impact publication that provides evidence-based insights and recommendations for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers. He can be contacted at: z.babar@hud.ac.uk
