Healthy Skepticism Library item: 12406
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Publication type: Journal Article
Arrais PS, Barreto ML, Coelho HL.
[Drug prescription and dispensing from the patient's perspective: a community-based study in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil].
Cad Saude Publica 2007 Apr; 23:(4):927-37
http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2007000400020&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to analyze aspects of the physician-patient and pharmacist-patient relationship, based on patients’ opinions. It consists of community-based research performed in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil, where 957 persons were interviewed; 904 answered questions about the last visit to the physician and 831 about the last visit to the pharmacy. The data reflect several aspects of medical and pharmaceutical practice and patients’ attitudes towards the questions posed and information provided to guide rational use of drugs. In the therapeutic choice, physicians failed to ask their patients about hypersensitivity to drugs (65%) and use of other medication (64.1%) and ignored recommendations concerning adverse drug reactions (73.3%) and drug interactions (58.2%). The situation was even worse in hospitals, where in most cases a pharmacist’s assistant was responsible for dispensing to patients (57.1%). The study suggests poor quality in the medical and pharmaceutical roles and patient apathy towards proceedings involving the prescription and receipt of drugs in pharmacies, as well as in rational use.
Keywords:
Adolescent
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel*
Brazil
Communication
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug Packaging/standards*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pharmaceutical Services/standards*
Pharmaceutical Services/statistics & numerical data
Pharmacists/standards
Pharmacists/statistics & numerical data
Physician-Patient Relations
Prescriptions, Drug/standards*
Prescriptions, Drug/statistics & numerical data
Private Sector
Professional-Patient Relations*
Public Sector
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