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Katrina Azer, clinical pharmacist for Tend Health, explains the value of social prescribing which can be incorporated into any pharmacy practice
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1. World Health Organization. A toolkit on how to implement social prescribing. 2022. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789290619765
2. NIH National Institute on Aging: Social isolation, loneliness in older people pose health risks. April 23 2019. https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/social-isolation-loneliness-older-people-pose-health-risks
3. Polley M, Bertotti M, Kimberlee R, Pilkington K, Refsum C. A review of the evidence assessing impact of social prescribing on healthcare demand and cost implications. London: University of Westminster; 2017. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789290619765
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