Thai pharmacists’ understanding, attitudes, and perceived barriers related to providing pharmaceutical care

Pharmaceutical care is the philosophy of practice involving identifying, preventing, and resolving drug-related problems (DRPs) in order to improve patient outcomes.1 It signifies pharmacy practice’s shift from one that is drug product-oriented to one that is patient-oriented. Pharmaceutical care has been examined in hospital and community pharmacies. Through 2003, there were almost 1000 papers on the provision of care in community pharmacies on MEDLINE.2 The practice of pharmaceutical care in the ambulatory care practice setting over the past 25 years improved the clinical status of patients or maintained them in a stable status.3 Pharmaceutical care has been accepted among pharmacy professionals and adopted across countries in various forms and degrees.4 Although pharmaceutical care was initiated in the United States and has been practiced widely across the country, not all U.S. pharmacists have incorporated pharmaceutical care into routine practice.5 The implementation of pharmaceutical care in Canada, New Zealand, and some European countries is similar to the situation in the United States.6,–8