Objective: To determine whether a pharmacist can effectively review repeat prescriptions
through consultations with elderly patients in general practice. Design: Randomised controlled …

Recent years have seen a formalization of medication review by pharmacists in all settings
of care. This article describes the different types of medication review provided in primary …

Objective To review research on the role and value of written medicines information for
patients from the perspective of patients and health professionals. Context Providing written …

Objective: to measure the impact of pharmacist-conducted clinical medication review with
elderly care home residents. Design: randomised controlled trial of clinical medication review …

Introduction: Care home residents are at particular risk from medication errors, and our
objective was to determine the prevalence and potential harm of prescribing, monitoring, …

… DK Raynor1, … Berry DC, Knapp P, Raynor DK. Provision of information about drug side
effects to … Berry DC, Raynor DK, Knapp P. Communicating risk of medication side effects: an …

… DK Raynor had the original idea for the pilot study, and DC Berry for the three studies. All
authors contributed to study design, interpretation of findings, and writing of the report. DC …

Background Herbal products obtained over the counter are commonly used in Europe, North
America and Australia. Although there is concern about a lack of information provided to …

Comprehensive medicine information leaflets for patients are now mandatory across the
European Union. In 1997, the European Commission (EC) proposed a prescriptive ‘model’ for …

People with chronic illness are being encouraged to become more involved in their care.
For this, they need to be well informed about their medicines, and more written medicines …