id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-327494-7a3szj8x Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Chapter 18 Assessment of Medication Dispensing and Extended Community Pharmacy Services 2018-12-31 .txt text/plain 6240 324 41 In this chapter, an assessment of community pharmacy practices in developing countries is particularly interesting in terms of medication dispensing and extended pharmacy services that promote public wellness. In this chapter, an assessment of community pharmacy practices in developing countries is particularly interesting in terms of medication dispensing and extended pharmacy services. The Competency Standards for Pharmacists in Australia (SHPA, 2003) mentioned several important functional areas that community pharmacists could assume: dispensing medication; preparing pharmaceutical products; promoting and contributing to the quality use of medication; providing primary healthcare; and supplying information and instructions related to health and medication. The scope of pharmacy practice now includes patient-centered care-with all the cognitive functions of counseling, providing drug information, and monitoring drug therapy-and the technical aspects of pharmaceutical services, including medication supply management, as well as people-or public-centered care. ./cache/cord-327494-7a3szj8x.txt ./txt/cord-327494-7a3szj8x.txt