Inside Pharmacy: The Anatomy of a Profession (Pharmacy Education Series)

This book traces the evolution of the pharmacist from compounder-dispenser to advisor counselor. It explores the impact on pharmacy of broad sociologic, demographic, and economic trends and examines controversial issues such as professional versus business objectives, managed cost care, coginitive services, pharmaceutical care, and the future roles of pharmacists. Drawing on the literature in sociology and social pathology, the book relates some theoretical constructs to the changing roles of the pharmacist. It includes coverage of pharmaceutical education, disease state management, managed care, and new technologies. "...covers every aspect of pharmacy--from changes in education to the future of managed "cost" care...examines the sociology & psychology of the profession, looks at the role of technicians in the practice of pharmacy, and more." Traces the evolution of the pharmacist from compounder-dispenser to advisor counselor. This book explores the impact on pharmacy of broad sociologic, demographic, and economic trends and examines controversial issues such as professional versus business objectives, managed cost care, coginitive services, and pharmaceutical care. AS Mickey Smith so succinctly noted in the Foreword to this book, of all the major health-related occupations, pharmacy is the one that has received the least amount of attention from social scientists.