Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Throughout the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) global pandemic, pharmacists were rarely mentioned as essential frontline health care providers by the news media, the public, or politicians. Around the world, pharmacists are working on the frontlines of health care every day providing essential health care services during the pandemic. Pharmacists are medication experts providing patient care in a variety of settings including hospitals, clinics, community pharmacies, long-term care, physician offices, and national and public health. In this paper, we describe how pharmacists from high and low-middle income countries contributed to essential patient care and well-being of the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the news media, the public, and politicians often overlooked pharmacists as essential frontline health care providers, we hope that this list of contributions by pharmacists from nine countries in this article can help to change this perspective.
DOI: 10.1002/jac5.1329
Authors: Debra A. Goff, Diane Ashiru‐Oredope, Kelly A. Cairns, Khalid Eljaaly, Timothy P. Gauthier, Bradley J. Langford, Sara Fouad Mahmoud, Angeliki P. Messina, Ubaka Chukwuemeka Michael, Thérèse Saad, Natalie Schellack
Institutions: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Public Health England, Alfred Health, University of Arizona, King Abdulaziz University, Baptist Health South Florida, Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre, Public Health Ontario, Hamad Medical Corporation, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Nigeria, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
Language: English
Subfield: Pharmacy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
OpenAlex ID: W3087059629