The Role and Scope of Pharmacists in Community Settings: a Review of Developing Countries
Corresponding Author(s) : Atta Abbas,
bg33bd@student.sunderland.ac.uk
International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research,
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014): 2014 Volume 2- Issue -1
Abstract
A pharmacist is a person who is involved in designing, creating or manufacturing of a drug product, dispensing of a drug, managing and planning of a pharmaceutical care plan. They are experts on the action and uses of drugs, including their chemistry, pharmacology, the formulation of medicines. There are number of ways where pharmacist can serve the society. In a community pharmacy setting a pharmacist is tailored as the one who is knowledgeable enough to render such services. The role of pharmacist in community settings continues to be the objective of this article.
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Atta Abbas,. The Role and Scope of Pharmacists in Community Settings: a Review of Developing Countries. Int. J. of Allied Med. Sci. and Clin. Res. [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 30 [cited 2026 Apr. 17];2(1):32-5. Available from: https://ijamscr.com/ijamscr/article/view/48
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[4] Hardon A. 1987. The use of modern pharmaceuticals in a Filipino village: doctors' prescriptions and self-medications. Soc. Sci. Med. Vol. 25, issue 277.
[5] Hardon A. and Van der Geest S. 1987.Hazards of self-medication. World Health Forum. Vol. 8, pp 469.
[6] Hayashi S and Yakugaku Zasshi. 2003. The expected role of community pharmacist in society. Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. Vol.123, issue 3, pp163-171. PMID:12693017
[7] Igun U. A. 1987.Why we seek treatment here: retail pharmacy and clinical practice in Maiduguri. Nigeria. Soc.Sci. Med. Vol. 24, pp 689.
[8] Kloss H., Chama T., Abemo D., Tsadik K. G. and Belay S. 1986. Utilization of pharmacies and pharmaceutical drugs in Adis Ababa, Ethiopia. Soc. Sci. Med. Vol. 22, pp 653.
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[12] R.R.Reddy. 2010. Pharmacy sector in India set for a boom, feel experts. [news article]. [online]. The Hindu. [internet]. [cited Dec 2013]. Retrieved from: http://www.hindu.com/edu/2010/10/04/stories/2010100450440400.htm
[13] Timothy McPherson and Patrick Fontane. 2011. Pharmacists’ social authority to transform community pharmacy practice. Vol. 2, No. 2, 42.
[14] Van der Geest S. 1982. The illegal distribution of western medicines in developing countries: pharmacist, drug peddlers, injection doctors and others: a bibliographic exploration. Med. Anthropol. Vol. 6, pp 197.