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Pharmaceutical Care in Australia and New Zealand

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Since the 1990s, pharmacists in Australia and New Zealand have had a strong tradition for providing pharmaceutical care in the form of innovative and advanced patient -focused clinical pharmacy services. The services have been developed over the years by academic pharmacists in collaboration with professional pharmacists’ organizations such as the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) and the Pharmacy Guild in both countries (PGA and PGNZ). These organizations also support pharmacists in the implementation of pharmaceutical care services, such as medication management review and chronic disease management and counseling activities.

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  1. School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Timothy F. Chen

  2. School of Pharmacy, The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Prasad S. Nishtala

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  2. van Mil Consultancy, Zuidlaren, The Netherlands

    J. W. Foppe van Mil

  3. Universidad de San MartĂ­n de Porres, Lima, Peru

    Aldo Alvarez-Risco

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Chen, T.F., Nishtala, P.S. (2019). Pharmaceutical Care in Australia and New Zealand. In: Alves da Costa, F., van Mil, J., Alvarez-Risco, A. (eds) The Pharmacist Guide to Implementing Pharmaceutical Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92576-9_15

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