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Given pharmacists\u2019 involvement in medication management and regular patient follow-up, this study was designed to explore transplant care delivery in Iraq from pharmacists\u2019 perspectives.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Method<\/jats:title>\n Qualitative data were collected using face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with all eligible pharmacists from the two major governmental hospitals in Baghdad caring for kidney transplant recipients. Afterwards, data were analyzed using Braun and Clarke\u2019s reflexive thematic analysis approach.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n This study included 13 pharmacists, 5 of whom were working in the clinical transplant wards, whereas the remaining 8 were working in the outpatient consultation setting. Four descriptive themes were identified: Dispensing-centered practice within a constrained and evolving pharmacist role, fragmented yet adaptive interprofessional collaboration, patient education as an informal and inconsistently delivered practice, and medication availability within a constrained and variably regulated supply system.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n This study highlights the adaptive approaches used by pharmacists in an attempt to maintain medication access and patient support with the available resources. 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