PharmacothérapieLa pharmacothérapie est l'utilisation thérapeutique des médicaments. Pour plusieurs maladies ou conditions médicales spécifiques, il existe un certain nombre de médicaments qui sont spécialement indiqués et qui sont fréquemment, sinon toujours, prescrits. Ces indications peuvent être homologués par les autorités gouvernementales, par les compagnies pharmaceutiques, par des lignes directrices émises par des associations de professionnels de la santé et/ou par des études cliniques.
Pharmacy schoolThe basic requirement for pharmacists to be considered for registration is often an undergraduate or postgraduate pharmacy degree from a recognized university. In many countries, this involves a four- or five-year course to attain a bachelor of pharmacy or master of pharmacy degree. In the United States since 2003, students must complete a doctor of pharmacy degree to become a licensed pharmacist, with a similar requirement being introduced in some other countries such as Canada and France.
Pharmacie d'officinevignette|Une pharmacie parisienne du arrondissement. La pharmacie d'officine est la spécialité regroupant les pharmaciens qui travaillent dans les pharmacies de ville, appelées aussi officines, où les médicaments sont délivrés au public. Une pharmacie est à l'origine une officine où l'on prépare, conserve et vend les médicaments. Le rôle du pharmacien d'officine est la validation et la délivrance (dispensation) des ordonnances prescrites par les médecins, les conseils associés à la prise des médicaments, à l'hygiène, à la nutrition ou, plus globalement, à la santé publique.
Biologie médicaleLa biologie médicale (France, Québec, Afrique du Nord et de l'Ouest), biologie clinique (Belgique, Pays-Bas, Autriche, Luxembourg), médecine de laboratoire (Allemagne, Suisse, Roumanie, Pologne, Europe de l'Est), pathologie clinique (Pays anglophones, Italie et Portugal) ou encore analyses cliniques (Espagne) est une spécialité médicale et pharmaceutique qui consiste en l'exécution d'analyses sur les liquides biologiques (ou des extraits/broyats de tissus) et en l'interprétation médicale des résultats dans l
Self-careSelf-care has been defined as the process of establishing behaviors to ensure holistic well-being of oneself, to promote health, and actively manage illness when it occurs. Individuals engage in some form of self-care daily with food choices, exercise, sleep, reading and dental care. Self-care is not only a solo activity as the community—a group that supports the person performing self-care—overall plays a large role in access to, implementation of, and success of self-care activities.
Doctor of PharmacyA Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD; Neo-Latin: Pharmaciae Doctor) is a professional doctorate in pharmacy. In some countries, it is a doctoral degree to practice the profession of pharmacy or to become a clinical pharmacist. In many countries, people with their Doctor of Pharmacy are allowed to practice independently and can prescribe drugs directly to patients. A PharmD program has significant experiential and/or clinical education components in introductory and advanced levels for the safe and effective use of drugs.
Adherence (medicine)In medicine, patient compliance (also adherence, capacitance) describes the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice. Most commonly, it refers to medication or drug compliance, but it can also apply to other situations such as medical device use, self care, self-directed exercises, or therapy sessions. Both patient and health-care provider affect compliance, and a positive physician-patient relationship is the most important factor in improving compliance.
Hospital medicineHospital medicine is a medical specialty that exists in some countries as a branch of family medicine or internal medicine, dealing with the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Physicians whose primary professional focus is caring for hospitalized patients only while they are in the hospital are called hospitalists. Originating in the United States, this type of medical practice has extended into Australia and Canada. The vast majority of physicians who refer to themselves as hospitalists focus their practice upon hospitalized patients.
