Nurses and physician need to become aware of the counterfeit medicines phenomenon. Nurses are well positioned to assume the active role in educating patients about the threat of the presence of counterfeit medicines so as to enhance safety for their patients. However, to accomplish that aim, these findings suggest that healthcare professionals need to become better educated about counterfeit medicines and need to be trained in skills to identify counterfeit medicines.
Aim: To report on Polish hospital health care workers' and lay persons' knowledge about counterfeit medicine products. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional design was used. Two types of questionnaire survey about counterfeit medicine, separate for health care professionals and lay persons were completed by 201 physicians and nurses, and 450 adult Polish residents between October 2008 and January 2009. Results: Physicians and nurses working in hospitals are more aware of counterfeit medicine than lay persons and more often notice the presence of drugs from unknown sources. Nearly 90% of physicians, 80% of nurses, and more than 40% of representatives of the lay persons had heard about the possibility of importing illegal medicine from Ukraine or China. The majority of medical workers does not know the procedure for reporting suspicious medicine and do not warn their patients against purchasing medicine from unknown sources. Conclusions: Increase education of nurses and physicians about counterfeit medicine particularly including the procedure of reporting suspicious medicine from unknown sources. In practice, reinforce a role of nurses and physicians in warning their patients against purchasing medicine from unknown sources and educate them about possible health hazards and life risks.
Satisfaction with Care is recognized as an important endpoint in cancer treatment. 1,2 Identifying Satisfaction with Care determinants can therefore help improve health care, 1 though more studies on Satisfaction with Care determinants (e.g., demographic and clinical factors) are needed. 2Good communication between patients and professionals is crucial to the support provided to cancer patients and is a key determinant of Satisfaction with Care. 3 Understanding factors related to satisfaction with patient-physician communication may help develop interventions that improve communication. 4 Patients' communication competence is a key factor in the patient-professional communication. It includes skills in providing
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