Further reading
Saunders, Cicely M.; Robert Kastenbaum (1997). Hospice Care on the International Scene. Springer Pub. Co.. ISBN 0-8261-9580-6.
External links
Hospice San Camilo, Argentina
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
ANTEA - Italian Palliative Care Unit and Hospice Centre
Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa
Palliative Care Australia
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Federazione Cure Palliative (Italy)
Caring Connections
Resources for those undergoing Hospice care
Fundacja Warszawskie Hospicjum dla Dzieci (Poland)
Romanian hospice standards
The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
Scottish National Care Standards: Hospice Care
Estrategia Nacional de Cuidados Paliativos (Spain)
Standards (Switzerland)
Hospital pharmacy
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Hospital pharmacies can usually be found within the premises of a hospital. Hospital pharmacies usually stock a larger range of medications, including more specialized and investigational medications (medicines that are being studied, but have not yet been approved), than would be feasible in the community setting. Hospital pharmacies typically provide medications for the hospitalized patients only, and are not retail establishments. They typically do not provide prescription service to the public. Some hospitals do have retail pharmacies within them (see illustration), which sell over-the-counter as well as prescription medications to the public, but these are not the actual hospital pharmacy.
Sterile production
Hospital pharmacist and trained pharmacy technicians compound sterile products for patients including total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and other medications given intravenously e.g. neonatal antibiotics and chemotherapy. This is a complex process that requires adequate training of personnel, quality assurance of products, and adequate facilities. Some hospital pharmacies have decided to outsource high-risk preparations and some other compounding functions to companies that specialize in compounding.
See also
History of pharmacy
External links
High Performance Pharmacy - Information on hospital pharmacy best practices for achieving high performance
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Hospital
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For other uses, see Hospital (disambiguation).
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, United Kingdom
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in the East of England. The UK has a publicly funded health care system called the National Health Service
All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, India
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment.
Hospitals are usually funded by the public sector, by health organizations (for profit or nonprofit), health insurance companies, or charities, including direct charitable donations. Historically, hospitals were often founded and funded by religious orders or charitable individuals and leaders. Today, hospitals are largely staffed by professional physicians, surgeons, and nurses, whereas in the past, this work was usually performed by the founding religious orders or by volunteers. However, there are various Catholic religious orders, such as the Alexians and the Bon Secours Sisters, which still focus on hospital ministry today.
There are over 17,000 hospitals in the world.[1][dubious – discuss]
In accord with the original meaning of the word, hospitals were originally "places of hospitality", and this meaning is still preserved in the names of some institutions such as the Royal Hospital Chelsea, established in 1681 as a retirement and nursing home for veteran soldiers.