Doctors' and nurses' perceptions of a ward-based pharmacist in rural northern Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Background This project is part of the prospective quasi experimental proof-of-concept investigation of clinical pharmacist intervention study to reduce drug-related problems among people admitted to a ward in a rural hospital in northern Sweden. Objective To explore doctors' and nurses' perceptions and expectations of having a ward-based pharmacist providing clinical pharmacy services. Setting Medical ward in a rural hospital in northern Sweden. Method Eighteen face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of doctors and nurses working on the ward where the clinical pharmacy service was due to be implemented. Semi-structured interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. Main outcome measure Perceptions and expectatio

SUBMITTER: Sjolander M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5541103 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature