The prolific pharmacist
West Australian researcher, educator, advocate and community pharmacist Dr Fei Sim has been named PSA's Early Career Pharmacist (ECP) of the year.
'Dr Sim is...
How pharmacists can help address domestic and family violence
Domestic and family violence (DFV) is prevalent in Australia, but pharmacists are largely unprepared to help tackle the issue.
Pharmacists’ role in dementia care
Dementia Australia recently called for shared responsibility between healthcare professionals and aged care organisations in the care of people living with dementia. But where...
Pharmacists key to safe complementary medicine use
A recent survey by NPS MedicineWise has found that more than 7 million Australians take some form of complementary medicines every day. Fifty-nine per...
Interprofessional collaboration and the pharmacist
Pharmacists play a significant role in the optimisation of medicine use across healthcare settings, and should be considered integral participants in multidisciplinary collaboration
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Medicines, excipients and food allergies
For people with food allergies, medicines meant to benefit health can in fact present a risk due to food products used as inactive (excipient) ingredients.