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    A palliative care pharmacist optimizes patients' medication regimens, rationalizes medicines to reduce unnecessary tablets, and ensures safe medication use and timely discharge. They counsel patients and families on medications, facilitate smooth care transitions, provide training, and help develop guidelines while assisting with sourcing medicines to improve palliative care outcomes.

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    A palliative care pharmacist optimizes patients' medication regimens, rationalizes medicines to reduce unnecessary tablets, and ensures safe medication use and timely discharge. They counsel patients and families on medications, facilitate smooth care transitions, provide training, and help develop guidelines while assisting with sourcing medicines to improve palliative care outcomes.

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    A palliative care pharmacist optimizes patients' medication regimens, rationalizes medicines to reduce unnecessary tablets, and ensures safe medication use and timely discharge. They counsel patients and families on medications, facilitate smooth care transitions, provide training, and help develop guidelines while assisting with sourcing medicines to improve palliative care outcomes.

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    Palliative Care Pharmacist

    1. Medicine optimization –getting the most of their medicines, getting the best treatment
    2. Medicine Rationalization – medicines are reviewed, managing any non-essential medicines that
    may reduce their tablet burden.
    3. Ensure the safe use of medicines- ensure that the patients are taking their medicines when &
    how they supposed to.
    4. Facilitate timely discharge – preferred place
    5. Counsel patients & family – happy & confident in taking their medication
    6. Ensure smooth transition of care
    7. Training & Education- colleagues & other member of healthcare professionals
    8. Assist in the development of guidelines & policies
    9. Help source medicines

    Improving

    ROLES OF PHARMACIST IN PALLIATI VE CARE

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