Hospital pharmacy in Portugal and its future trends.
The authors begin by presenting a brief historical summary of hospital pharmacists' activities in Portugal, especially since the 1950s. They state their views on the present situation of hospital pharmacy in various aspects, namely: general legislation; activities and premises of pharmacy services; pharmaceutical career and staff recruitment; the National Hospital Formulary of Medicines and Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committees; acquisition, production and distribution of medicines; and clinical pharmacy activities. Future trends of hospital pharmacy in Portugal are summarized, stressing the following points: evolution of production and information, unit dose distribution, and steady increase of other clinical pharmacy activities.
D005572:Formularies, Hospital as Topic; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D011174:Portugal