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The Pharmaceutical Journal, May 26, 2001

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Comment   
   An Onlooker's Notebook
   Leading Article
     Do not miss the wake-up call

   Broad Spectrum   
     Look out for medication errors waiting to happen

   Letters to the Editor

News   
   News
   News feature
     End of RPM mark end of pharmacy as we know it?

   Clinical Pharmacy

The Society   
   News
   Obituaries

   160th AGM
     New Code of Ethics adopted
     2000 review
     Hard decision on future budgeting
     Conscience clause to demoralisation
     Statement on RPM
     Trust, Focus and evidence needed

Papers   
   A survey in the South of England
     Hospital pharmacists
   »(PDF*, 75K)

Interview   
   Yve Buckland:
     Health promotion — beyond leaflets

Forum   
   AAH Pharmaceuticals and Vantage Convention

Notice-board
   Branch meetings
   Future events
   Conferences
and lots more

Products


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Front Cover Picture

This week’s front cover photograph is of medicinal products that have been subject to price promotion by supermarkets and Boots the Chemists following the demise of resale price maintenance. A news feature examines whether the end of RPM marks the end of pharmacy as we know it (p703). Leading article (p699) Society statement (p715).

Council election
The 2001 election of seven members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council has resulted in three changes (p709).

Code of Ethics
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s annual general meeting has adopted wihout significant amendment the proposed revised Code of Ethics for the profession (p710).

Job satisfaction
An occupational survey of hospital pharmacists in the south of England has found that junior grade pharmacists are the least satisfied with their careers (p723).

Health promotion
In an interview, the new chairwoman of the Pharmacy Healthcare Scheme, Yve Buckland talks about health promotion and the future of the scheme (p727).


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