Background. Because of concerns about patient safety and the quality of health care in
America, in particular about drug therapy, pharmacists have unprecedented opportunities to …

The case for pharmaceutical care as pharmacy's mission for the 1990s is presented. The
emergence of pharmacy as a clinical profession has given pharmacists the skills and …

The two concepts of clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care clearly are closely related.
Of the two, clinical pharmacy has been around the longest and the term is widely used …

The purpose of drug therapy should be to improve the length and quality of people's lives.
Availability of safe and effective drug products has improved the management of both acute …

Objective To present a framework that facilitates quality assessment of pharmaceutical care
(PC) so that the profession and the public may identify pharmacists in ambulatory settings …

Pharmacy's opportunity to mature as a profession by accepting its social responsibility to
reduce preventable drug-related morbidity and mortality is explored. Pharmacy has shed the …

Since the concept of Pharmaceutical Care was introduced from United States about twenty
years ago, this initiative has become a dominant form of practice for thousands of …

The purpose of the Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacology is to
describe the present and future functional roles of clinical pharmacists and clinical …

Objective To provide an overview of the current context and scope of pharmacy practice, the
range of professional services offered by pharmacists, and the supporting role of pharmacy …

The effect of the major forces shaping pharmacy's future—technology, economics, and
social values—is discussed. Pharmacy can best respond to these forces by expanding the …