Challenges to UK community pharmacy: a bio-photographic study of workspace in relation to professional pharmacy practice

Rapport, F. L., Doel, M. A. and Jerzembek, Gabrielle Sophia 2009. Challenges to UK community pharmacy: a bio-photographic study of workspace in relation to professional pharmacy practice. Medical Humanities 35 (2) , pp. 110-117. 10.1136/jmh.2009.002105

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel, qualitative, bio-photographic study with intertextual analysis highlighting the relationship between community pharmacy workspace and practice. Sixteen pharmacists working across pharmacy types such as independent shops, large and small pharmacy chains and multiple pharmacies such as those in supermarkets participated in data capture and feedback consultation. Findings disclosed workspaces unfit for purpose and a workforce ill at ease with their new professional identity, involving increasingly complex tasks in health provision and retail. There was conflict between delegating to others and taking personal responsibility, and there were pressures from a demanding public within the context of a target-driven, litigious society. The study highlights that innovative, mixed methods in this context reveal nuanced, rich data.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff Institute of Society and Health (CISHE) Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Publisher:	BMJ
ISSN:	1468-215X
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:50
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/28778

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