Expectation for academic detailing by pharmacists

Abstract

These days, the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer patients is well known. However, not all cancer patients are satisfied with their medical care. One reason for this is the difficulty integrating all the specialties required in order to provide individualized care that considers the needs of each patient. To achieve the best medical care, each specialist in any multidisciplinary teams needs to be a leader when it comes to his or her own specialty, to communicate with each other to share all the information available, and to apply evidence-based medicine considering each patient's physical, mental, psychosocial and spiritual status. Academic detailing, which draws on a chemical and pharmacological evidence-based database, is a good way for pharmacists to share their knowledge and experience with physicians in order to maximize the power of a patient's multidisciplinary team.