[The role of the pharmacist in patient education].
Interdisciplinary programs promoting therapeutic education rarely involve the pharmacist, though his major contribution in the health care system and his multiple competencies are of a big help towards patients treatment adherence. As a regular patients confident, specially for those who require a long term treatment, the pharmacist deserves a better acknowledgment for his therapeutic reinforcement's contribution. A research work has been done in the field of therapeutic education to inscribe pharmacist's engagement in this topic. Instruments have been worked out to measure and to estimate relevant competencies used by pharmacists when answering patients needs. More open minded discussions and better rearrangement in the pharmacy in order to respect patients intimacy would contribute to enhance his competencies which are largely appreciated by the public.
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Service d'enseignement thérapeutique pour maladies chroniques, Département de médecine communautaire, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. catherine.rosset@freesurf.ch
Golay
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D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010595:Pharmacists; D024382:Professional Role; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland