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Managing medicines at the end of life: a position paper for health policy and practice (2021)
Journal Article
Latif, A., Faull, C., Waring, J., Wilson, E., Anderson, C., Avery, A., & Pollock, K. (2021). Managing medicines at the end of life: a position paper for health policy and practice. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 35(9), 368-377. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-11-2020-0440

Purpose The impact of population aging is significant, multifaceted and characterised by frailty and multi-morbidity. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated care pathways and policies promoting self-management and home-based care. One under-researched... Read More about Managing medicines at the end of life: a position paper for health policy and practice.

Managing medicines at the end of life: a position paper for health policy and practice (2021)
Journal Article
Latif, A., Faull, C., Waring, J., Wilson, E., Anderson, C., Avery, A., & Pollock, K. (2021). Managing medicines at the end of life: a position paper for health policy and practice. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 35(9), 368-377. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-11-2020-0440

Purpose: The impact of population ageing is significant, multifaceted and characterised by frailty and multi-morbidity. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated care pathways and policies promoting self-management and home-based care. One under-research... Read More about Managing medicines at the end of life: a position paper for health policy and practice.

Family and health-care professionals managing medicines for patients with serious and terminal illness at home: a qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Pollock, K., Wilson, E., Caswell, G., Latif, A., Caswell, A., Avery, A., …Faul, C. (2021). Family and health-care professionals managing medicines for patients with serious and terminal illness at home: a qualitative study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 9(14), 1-162. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr09140

Background More effective ways of managing symptoms of chronic and terminal illness enable patients to be cared for, and to die, at home. This requires patients and family caregivers to manage complex medicines regimens, including powerful painkille... Read More about Family and health-care professionals managing medicines for patients with serious and terminal illness at home: a qualitative study.

A comparison of six osteoporosis risk assessment tools among postmenopausal women in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2019)
Journal Article
Shean Toh, L., Lai, P. S. M., Wu, D. B., Bell, B. G., Dang, C. P. L., Low, B. Y., …Anderson, C. (2019). A comparison of six osteoporosis risk assessment tools among postmenopausal women in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia, 5(3), 87-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afos.2019.09.001

Objectives To compare and assess the performance of 6 osteoporosis risk assessment tools for screening osteoporosis in Malaysian postmenopausal women. Methods Six osteoporosis risk assessments tools (the Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estim... Read More about A comparison of six osteoporosis risk assessment tools among postmenopausal women in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A systematic review in select countries of the role of the pharmacist in consultations and sales of non-prescription medicines in community pharmacy (2016)
Journal Article
van Eikenhorst, L., Nde-Eshimuni, S., & Anderson, C. (2017). A systematic review in select countries of the role of the pharmacist in consultations and sales of non-prescription medicines in community pharmacy. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 13(1), 17-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2016.02.010

Background Much has been studied in regard to non-prescription medicines (NPMs), but the impact of greater emphasis toward patient self-selection of such agents is still not well understood, and evidence in the literature might be equivocal. Ob... Read More about A systematic review in select countries of the role of the pharmacist in consultations and sales of non-prescription medicines in community pharmacy.