Pharmacy : What It Is and How It Works, Second Edition

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What is Pharmacy? Pharmacy. What Is a Profession? A Brief History of Pharmacy. What Is the Purpose of Pharmacy? What Controls Pharmacy? What Shapes Pharmacy? The Value of Pharmacy. The Pharmacist Who Are Pharmacists? What Pharmacists Know. Characteristics of Pharmacists. What Pharmacists Do. Titles and Career Paths. Expectations of Pharmacists. Supply and Demand for Pharmacists. The Rewards of Being a Pharmacist. Lifelong Learning and Career Planning. Job Outlook. Pharmacists and the Health Care System Disease Burden. Overview of the Health Care System in the United States. The Delivery of. Read more... Abstract: Suitable for new pharmacy students, pharmacy technician trainees, and practitioners, this title features a chapter on the pharmacist's role in the health care delivery system, and material on support personnel, the consolidation of ambulatory pharmacy, and the controversies within the pharmaceutical industry. Read more...