Equipping pharmacists for delivering pharmaceutical care to seniors: a qualitative systematic review of Asian seniors’ social support

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Table 1 Article search concepts and corresponding terms

Fig. 1 PRISMA chart

Table 2 Characteristics of included studies (stratified by settings)

Table 3 Themes, example of quotations, and settings of primary studies that constitute themes

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