The B.C. Medical Association says that the results of a new Ipsos Reid poll confirm that the majority of British Columbians are not supportive of pharmacists making changes to patient prescriptions without first consulting the prescribing physician.
Independent pharmacists, struggling to survive since Ontario introduced a series of major changes to the drug system, want patients to go to bat for them with the government.
Researchers at public health agencies for Quebec City and the province, and at Université Laval's pharmacy faculty are examining vaccination services in community pharmacies.
