|Videos|March 21, 2016

Advice for Pharmacists Approaching Patients About Weight-Loss

Seena Haines, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA, FASHP, BC-ADM, CDE, professor and department chair for Pharmacy Practice, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, offers advice for how pharmacists can approach the delicate subject of weight-loss with patients.

This video was recorded at APhA's 2016 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Baltimore, Maryland.

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