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Barriers to Self Care Management

Differences in language, health literacy, and culture pose barriers that health care providers
may encounter every day in their practice.
Fear and Mistrust of Health Care Providers can adversely affect patient satisfaction and health
outcomes

Example: Treatment algorithm

Plan?? Fever Special populations
Red flags
Dealing with minor ailments Complementary therapy
Pt preferences
Pathophysiology Warnings
Clinical presentation Keypoints
Treatment Evaluation of patient outcomes
Pharmacological
Non pharmacological measures

Conclusions

Pharmaceutical care reflects a systematic approach that makes sure that the patient gets the
right medicines, in the right dose, at the right time and for the right reasons.

It is about a patient-centered partnership approach with the health care team accepting
responsibility for ensuring that the patient's medicines are as effective as possible and as safe
as possible.

However, there are challenges to overcome but which may be accomplished through:

policy change Collaboration
Education technolo
Training

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