The pharmacist: health professional and citizen

This text was presented at the V Congress on Pharmacy Care/Riopharma with the intent to approach some aspects important for discussing the role of the pharmacist as health professional and citizen capable of acting in society. To this purpose we decided to recall some of the cornerstones of the Braz...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva 2008-04, Vol.13 Suppl, p.561
Main Author: Rozenfeld, Suely
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Health Personnel
Pharmaceutical Services
Pharmacists
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Summary:This text was presented at the V Congress on Pharmacy Care/Riopharma with the intent to approach some aspects important for discussing the role of the pharmacist as health professional and citizen capable of acting in society. To this purpose we decided to recall some of the cornerstones of the Brazilian health reform; the pressure of the industry on health professionals and regulatory agencies; the inequity in the distribution of medicaments among the different social classes. Some of the changes proposed in this paper are: to widen the role the pharmacist plays in pharmacotherapy; to prohibit drug advertising; a global and independent evaluation of the national regulatory agency; inclusion of information about medicament consumption during hospitalizations in the national databases.
ISSN:1413-8123
DOI:10.1590/S1413-81232008000700002