Clinical Pharmacy Services on Geriatric Care Wards: Catch 22 of Implementation and Research

Lorenz Van der Linden^{1

2}, Julie Hias³, Karolien Walgraeve³, Johan Flamaing^{4

5}, Isabel Spriet^{3

6}, Jos Tournoy^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Pharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Louvain, Belgium. Lorenz.vanderlinden@uzleuven.be.
² Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium. Lorenz.vanderlinden@uzleuven.be.
³ Pharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Louvain, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.

Comment

Lorenz Van der Linden et al. Drugs Aging. 2018 May.

. 2018 May;35(5):375-377.

doi: 10.1007/s40266-018-0547-1.

Lorenz Van der Linden^{1

2}, Julie Hias³, Karolien Walgraeve³, Johan Flamaing^{4

5}, Isabel Spriet^{3

6}, Jos Tournoy^{4

5}

¹ Pharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Louvain, Belgium. Lorenz.vanderlinden@uzleuven.be.
² Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium. Lorenz.vanderlinden@uzleuven.be.
³ Pharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Louvain, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.

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