Advice given in community pharmacies to patients with possible oral carcinoma

We compared advice given by community pharmacy staff in Worcestershire to a proxy consulter on behalf of a patient with a longstanding oral ulcer, presumed to be an oral cancer. If patients seek advice in this way the quality of the advice given is dependent on whether the respondent is a pharmacist...

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Veröffentlicht in:	British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery 2005-06, Vol.43 (3), p.253-255
Hauptverfasser:	Evans, M.J., Gibbons, A.J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Advice Biological and medical sciences Community pharmacies Consultants Dentistry Directive Counseling Humans Medical sciences Nonprescription Drugs - therapeutic use Oral carcinoma Oral Ulcer - pathology Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology Pharmacies - manpower Pharmacists Pharmacy Technicians - education Proxy consulter Referral and Consultation Tongue Diseases - pathology Tongue Neoplasms - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:	We compared advice given by community pharmacy staff in Worcestershire to a proxy consulter on behalf of a patient with a longstanding oral ulcer, presumed to be an oral cancer. If patients seek advice in this way the quality of the advice given is dependent on whether the respondent is a pharmacist or a community pharmacy assistant.
ISSN:	0266-4356 1532-1940
DOI:	10.1016/j.bjoms.2004.11.010