"Are pharmacists willing to provide pharmaceutical care and do they have the capabilities to do so? In fact, many pharmacists have been providing elements of pharmaceutical care for years, but they may not have been consistent or systematic in doing so, or they may not have been documenting their patient care activities. Individually, each practitioner must address his or her own degree of willingness. Implementing pharmaceutical care is not easy, and pharmacists need to establish their own motivations for providing pharmaceutical care to their patients. This effort can be extremely challenging; yet by taking small steps forward, pharmacists can overcome many obstacles to converting their practices to the new philosophy."
- Randy P. McDonough
Source: Intervention to Improve Patient Pharmaceutical Care Outcomes.
Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Vol. NS 36 No. 7
(July 1996) 453-466.
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