tailieunhanh - báo cáo sinh học:" The role of pharmacists in developing countries: the current scenario in Pakistan"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : The role of pharmacists in developing countries: the current scenario in Pakistan | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Open Access Review The role of pharmacists in developing countries the current scenario in Pakistan Saira Azhar1 Mohamed Azmi Hassali 1 Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim1 Maqsood Ahmad2 Imran Masood1 and Asrul Akmal Shafie1 Address Social and Administrative Pharmacy School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang Malaysia and 2Department of Pharmacy University of Sargodha Punjab Pakistan Email Saira Azhar - Mohamed Azmi Hassali - azmihassali@ Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim - mohamedizham@ Maqsood Ahmad - maqsood_mul@ Imran Masood - Asrul Akmal Shafie - aakmal@ Corresponding author Published 13 July 2009 Received 14 January 2009 Human Resources for Health 2009 7 54 doi 1478-4491-7-54 Accepted 13 July 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 54 2009 Azhar et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ During the past few years the pharmacy profession has expanded significantly in terms of professional services delivery and now has been recognized as an important profession in the multidisciplinary provision of health care. In contrast to the situation in developed countries pharmacists in developing countries are still underutilized and their role as health care professionals is not deemed important by either the community or other health care providers. The aim of this paper is to highlight the role of pharmacists in developing countries particularly in Pakistan. The paper draws on the literature related to the socioeconomic and .