哲学・倫理学の立場から(シンポジウム 医療における新しい薬剤師像)

抄録

In Japan, pharmacists are generally regarded as specialists only of the materials which they treat. So, they are differentiated from the physicians and nurses who have close relations with their patients. Such a general view makes the job of a pharmacist charmless and uninteresting. Having close contact with patients, observing the effect of their medicine and guiding them in how to take it, are the proper work for a pharmacist. Today it seems that the serving-systems for medicine are becoming more clinical, and in the great hospitals, pharmaceutical systems are separated into smaller units of clinical specialization. That is the only way to raise the level of the pharmacist's activities and responsibilities.