The Great Pharmacist

Honeybee: The flying pharmacist

Honeybee, a small -although powerful- creature moves from one place to another to make an elixir, which cures different diseases. To make one kilogram of honey the small creature has to carry 150000 pieces of pollen and suck the sap of ten million flowers. Both honey and the honeybee poison have been used in treating diseases for thousands of years. The product made by such tiny creatures has b...

Honeybee: The flying pharmacist

Honeybee, a small -although powerful- creature moves from one place to another to make an elixir, which cures different diseases. To make one kilogram of honey the small creature has to carry 150000 pieces of pollen and suck the sap of ten million flowers. Both honey and the honeybee poison have been used in treating diseases for thousands of years. The product made by such tiny creatures has b...

Free the pharmacist!

The complexity and diversity of drug therapy for medical conditions continue to expand, resulting in a need for increased sophistication on the part of all care providers. If pharmacists are to be relevant in contemporary practice, they must possess the knowledge and skills to identify and resolve a great variety of drug-related problems. The requirement for pharmacists to have a range of knowl...

The Physician and the Pharmacist

The pharmacist as patient educator.

I n this issue of the CJHP, pharmacist Marie Craig shares her experience in educating and supporting patients at the Arthritis Clinic in Newmarket, Ontario. 1 This important role for pharmacists is well recognized by our Canadian professional and academic associations, as it is globally. In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the role of teacher as 1 of the 7 key responsibiliti...