| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5821530 | Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy | 2015 | 37 Pages |
Abstract
Pharmacists viewed providing lifestyle advice as important but identified many barriers to doing so. Lifestyle advice provision was influenced by pharmacists' perceptions of patients. Professional identity and associated role conflict appeared to underpin many of the barriers to pharmacists providing lifestyle advice. Pharmacists may benefit from enhanced training to: increase their confidence to provide lifestyle advice; integrate lifestyle advice with regular pharmaceutical practice and challenge their perceptions of some patients' receptiveness to lifestyle advice and behavior change. Changes to the way UK pharmacists are remunerated may increase the provision of lifestyle advice.
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Authors
Kirsty M.Sc., Helen Ph.D., Chris Ph.D., Rachael Ph.D.,