Relevance of the community pharmacy policy environment to pharmacists' performance, as reflected in stakeholders' perspectives on professionalism and standards.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A complex array of legislation, regulation, policies and aspirational statements by governments, statutory agencies and pharmacy organisations constitutes the policy environment that influences Australian community pharmacy, including pharmacists' performance.

Objective

The objective was to assess the relevance of the policy environment to Australian community pharmacists' performance by examining stakeholders' perspectives on their professionalism and standards.

Methods

Inductive thematic analysis was undertaken on 38 semi-structured interviews of purposively selected individuals including pharmacists and other key stakeholders, from 4 socio-ecological strata (societal, community, organisational, and individual) that have influence on the person to person

SUBMITTER: Jackson JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11416506 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature