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Transitional Care: Caring Across the Interface

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It is no surprise and no news that patients experience problems and unwanted hassle when they move across different care settings such as from the primary to secondary care settings, and vice versa. Movement of patients across the healthcare interface may not be completely smooth-running.

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  1. Chemimart Group of Pharmacies, Msida, Malta

    Karen Farrugia BPharm (Hons) (Melit)

  2. Faculty of Pharmacy, European Association of Faculties of Pharmacies, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Margarida Caramona PhD

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Farrugia, K., Caramona, M. (2016). Transitional Care: Caring Across the Interface. In: Grech, L., Lau, A. (eds) Pharmaceutical Care Issues of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Adis, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1421-5_5

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