title: Harvey A.K. Whitney lecture. The patient's pharmacist.
abstract: The concept of the patient's pharmacist, the clinical pharmacist who directs his efforts to the individual patient with prospective and concurrent drug use review, is discussed. A patient's pharmacist is familiar with the patient's medical and social history and his present health problems, and ensures that the patient's drug therapy is appropriate at all times. His knowledge base includes an understanding of the clinical use and actions of drugs, pharmacokinetics, optimum clinical response expected from drug therapy, monitoring and evaluating clinical response and communication skills for medication counseling. The patient information the pharmacist needs is discussed in detail. The pharmacist should record his patient care activities in the medical record; this record can serve as a basis for evaluating the pharmacist's activities.
mesh_terms: D004346:Drug Information Services; D004739:England; D000077406:History of Pharmacy; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008499:Medical Records; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010361:Patients; D010604:Pharmacy / Q000592:standards; D011364:Professional Practice; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States