TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges to UK community pharmacy
T2 - A bio-photographic study of workspace in relation to professional pharmacy practice
AU - Rapport, F. L.
AU - Doel, M. A.
AU - Jerzembek, G. S.
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - This paper presents a novel, qualitative, bio-photographic study with intertextual analysis highlighting the relation-ship 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.
AB - This paper presents a novel, qualitative, bio-photographic study with intertextual analysis highlighting the relation-ship 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70849094175&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1136/jmh.2009.002105
DO - 10.1136/jmh.2009.002105
M3 - Article
C2 - 23674709
AN - SCOPUS:70849094175
SN - 1468-215X
VL - 35
SP - 110
EP - 117
JO - Medical Humanities
JF - Medical Humanities
IS - 2
ER -