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Pharmaceutical Care and Patient Counseling

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Counseling is an important part of pharmaceutical care to influence patient behavior and adherence. The concepts described in this chapter are a proposal of counseling skills in pharmaceutical care . More than assuring expected medication outcomes , adequate counseling requires communication and relational abilities as tools to provide the best patient care possible. Counseling aims to set a permanent cooperation with patients , thus favoring patient empowerment , self-caring abilities, medication adherence and improved health-related behaviors.

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  1. Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Social Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal

    Afonso Cavaco

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  1. Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz (IUEM), Monte da Caparica, Portugal

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  2. van Mil Consultancy, Zuidlaren, The Netherlands

    J. W. Foppe van Mil

  3. Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru

    Aldo Alvarez-Risco

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Cavaco, A. (2019). Pharmaceutical Care and Patient Counseling. In: Alves da Costa, F., van Mil, J., Alvarez-Risco, A. (eds) The Pharmacist Guide to Implementing Pharmaceutical Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92576-9_4

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