ArticleInternational journal of clinical pharmacy2023
Pharmacists' clinical roles and activities in inpatient hospice and palliative care: a scoping review.
Article in International journal of clinical pharmacy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Deprescribing decisions in palliative care: a qualitative meta-synthesis of multi-stakeholder experiences and influencing factors.BMC palliative care · 2026Pooled it
- Learning, adopting, and sustaining the pharmacist-clinician role in clinical practice: a qualitative study among early adopters in the Netherlands.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Article
- Evolution of Clinical Fragility and Medication Burden in Children with Medical Complexity: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Role of clinical pharmacists in palliative care team: A scoping review.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- Clinical Role of Pharmacists in the Care of Incarcerated People at Correctional Facilities: A Scoping Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A scoping review of pharmacists' clinical activities and impact on the care of patients with multiple myeloma.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2024Article
- Drug Therapy Safety in Palliative Care-Pharmaceutical Analysis of Medication Processes in Palliative Care.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPharmacists contribute to medication safety by providing their services in various settings. However, standardized definitions of the role of pharmacists in hospice and palliative care (HPC) are lacking.
aimThe purpose of this scoping review was to provide an overview of the evidence on the role of pharmacists and to map clinical activities in inpatient HPC.
methodWe performed a scoping review according to the PRISMA-ScR extension in CINAHL, Embase, and PubMed. We used the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP) Guidelines on the Pharmacist's Role in Palliative and Hospice Care as a framework for standardized categorization of the identified roles and clinical activities.
resultsAfter screening 635 records (published after January 1st, 2000), the scoping review yielded 23 publications reporting various pharmacy services in HPC. The articles addressed the five main categories in the following descending order: 'Medication order review and reconciliation', 'Medication counseling, education and training', 'Administrative Roles', 'Direct patient care', and 'Education and scholarship'. A total of 172 entries were mapped to the subcategories that were added to the main categories.
conclusionThis scoping review identified a variety of pharmacists' roles and clinical activities. The gathered evidence will help to establish and define the role of pharmacists in inpatient hospice and palliative care.
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