Biomaterial Database

Community drug information services by telephone. 1980

R T Taniguchi

Counseling patients on the use of their medications is a direction the pharmacy profession has taken in recent years. The location of this interaction generally is assumed to be within the confines of a pharmacy or institutional setting. The concept can be expanded in scope and service to the community by encouraging drug information requests by telephone. A representative reference library and a form to document each call are the essential materials needed to begin. Exercising good judgment and a clinical approach to each call ensures the best possible outcome.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007255	Information Services	Organized services to provide information on any questions an individual might have using databases and other sources. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Information Networks,Information Specialists,Services, Information,Information Network,Information Service,Information Specialist,Network, Information,Networks, Information,Service, Information,Specialist, Information,Specialists, Information
D010595	Pharmacists	Those persons legally qualified by education and training to engage in the practice of pharmacy.	Clinical Pharmacists,Community Pharmacists,Retail Pharmacists,Clinical Pharmacist,Community Pharmacist,Pharmacist,Pharmacist, Clinical,Pharmacist, Community,Pharmacist, Retail,Pharmacists, Clinical,Pharmacists, Community,Pharmacists, Retail,Retail Pharmacist
D003151	Community Health Centers	Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to people living in a community or neighborhood.	Neighborhood Health Centers,Satellite Centers,Center, Community Health,Center, Neighborhood Health,Center, Satellite,Centers, Community Health,Centers, Neighborhood Health,Centers, Satellite,Community Health Center,Health Center, Community,Health Center, Neighborhood,Health Centers, Community,Health Centers, Neighborhood,Neighborhood Health Center,Satellite Center
D003376	Counseling	The giving of advice and assistance to individuals with educational or personal problems.
D004346	Drug Information Services	Services providing pharmaceutic and therapeutic drug information and consultation.	Information Services, Drug,Services, Drug Information,Drug Information Service,Information Service, Drug,Service, Drug Information
D006254	Hawaii	A group of islands in Polynesia, in the north central Pacific Ocean, comprising eight major and 114 minor islands, largely volcanic and coral. Its capital is Honolulu. It was first reached by Polynesians about 500 A.D. It was discovered and named the Sandwich Islands in 1778 by Captain Cook. The islands were united under the rule of King Kamehameha 1795-1819 and requested annexation to the United States in 1893 when a provisional government was set up. Hawaii was established as a territory in 1900 and admitted as a state in 1959. The name is from the Polynesian Owhyhii, place of the gods, with reference to the two volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, regarded as the abode of the gods. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p493 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p2330)	Midway Island,Midway Islands
D006266	Health Education	Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.	Community Health Education,Education, Health,Education, Community Health,Health Education, Community
D013689	Telephone	An instrument for reproducing sounds especially articulate speech at a distance. (Webster, 3rd ed)	Switchboard Service,Service, Switchboard,Services, Switchboard,Switchboard Services,Telephones