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Quality of Pharmacy Health Services
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2018 , Book chapter)
The quality of pharmacy health services can only be assured by the presence of qualified and competent pharmacists. In developing countries, healthcare facilities are insufficient for providing good-quality health services ...
The Use of Measurements and Health Behavioral Models to Improve Medication Adherence
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Medication-taking behavior is very complicated, and various multifactorial approaches are required to improve adherence. Much research has been applied to the development of medications, with proven effectiveness; however, ...
Principles, paradigms, and application of qualitative research in pharmacy practice
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Qualitative research methodology is applied to investigate a problem that has unmeasurable variables to obtain a comprehensive understanding of a topic by discussing it with the involved individuals and to recognize the ...
Medicines Pricing Policy and Strategies in Developing Countries: A Review
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Developing countries are still facing high out-of-pocket expenditure and low access to medicines despite the various efforts undertaken by international organizations to enhance the availability of essential medicines and ...
Taxane formulations: From plant to clinic
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Springer International Publishing
, 2017 , Book chapter)
Taxanes including paclitaxel and docetaxel are highly active against many types of cancers. The main obstacle with developing delivery systems of taxanes is their poor water solubility. In this chapter, taxanes were reviewed ...
Management of neurological disorders and pharmacist's role: Multiple sclerosis
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by chronic inflammation of the central nervous system. This paper focuses on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, etiology, and the risk ...
Photopolymerization of Polymeric Composites in Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, and Other Biomedical Applications
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Springer
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Photopolymerization of polymeric composites has been widely used in several biomedical applications including, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and cell encapsulation as it combines the properties of both the photopolymerizable ...
Delivery of anticancer molecules using carbon nanotubes
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Springer International Publishing
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as material structures with numerous potential applications with a number of products already in the market place. An exciting application, which is ...
Design characteristics of inhaler devices used for pulmonary delivery of medical aerosols
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Springer International Publishing
, 2016 , Book chapter)
For the treatment of respiratory diseases, it is vital to deliver therapeutic doses of drugs to specific regions in the tracheobronchial tree (TBT) of the lung with maximal efficiency and minimal wastage of medication. ...
Comparative Analysis and Conclusion
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Nowadays, people across the globe are living longer, particularly because of positive development of the health care system in many parts of the world, technology advancement, new cost-effective medicines, better lifestyles, ...