Introduction Pharmacists are often not recognised as a core part of palliative care teams,
despite their ideal placement to assist with the burden of medication management. Objective …

Objective Changes in health care provision have led to an emphasis on providing end of life
care within the home. community pharmacists are well positioned to provide services to …

Background: Pharmacists have a key role to play in optimisation of medication regimens and
promotion of medication safety. The role of specialist pharmacists as part of the …

Background While the home is the most common setting for the provision of palliative care in
Australia, a common problem encountered here is the inability of patient/carers to manage …

Background: Most palliative care patients and their carers will interact with a pharmacist,
particularly when obtaining medication during their illness. Pharmacists working in the …

Palliative care is increasingly delivered in the community but access to medicines,
particularly 'out of hours' remains problematic. This paper describes the experience of …

As the population ages, the number of older populations globally requiring palliative care is
rapidly growing, requiring services of multidisciplinary teams—including community …

Objectives Dynamic and adaptive services that provide timely access to care are pivotal to
ensuring patients with palliative needs experience high-quality care. Patients who have …

In this Special Issue exploring the role of pharmacists in palliative and end of life care, we
sought articles that would shed light on the ways in which pharmacists could impact end of …

There is little research investigating factors that facilitate or inhibit timely access to palliative
care medicines from community pharmacies. Though palliative care is recognised within the …