Abstract
By the end of this chapter you should be able to:
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Describe incidence of diseases as a method to determine medicine needs of populations.
List different perspectives on medicine needs.
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Describe methods to determine priorities.
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Explain the meaning of culture and its influence on medicine needs.
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Describe the role of pharmaceutical anthropology in the description and understanding of medicine needs.
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Describe the patient-as-consumer approach to medicine needs.
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Define the terms compliance, adherence, concordance and empowerment.
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Explain the difference between these terms.
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Huss, R. (2004). Assessing the Pharmaceutical Needs of Patients and Populations. In: Managing Pharmaceuticals in International Health. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7913-2_3
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