'It's all about patient safety': an ethnographic study of how pharmacy staff construct medicines safety in the context of polypharmacy.

Nina Fudge; Deborah Swinglehurst

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'It's all about patient safety': an ethnographic study of how pharmacy staff construct medicines safety in the context of polypharmacy.

March 10, 2021

Fudge N, Swinglehurst D. BMJ Open. 2021;11(2):e042504.

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Polypharmacy – particularly in older adults – can increase the risk of adverse drug events. Based on an ethnographic case study of community pharmacies in England, the authors found that polypharmacy was a pervasive problem but rarely discussed as a safety concern and not actively challenged by pharmacy staff.

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