From Mr B. I. Stroh, MRPharmS
SIR,—I utterly despair of the large number of pharmacists writing in the letter columns of the PJ who wish to diagnose and prescribe.
Within the context of a busy community pharmacy it is not possible for a pharmacist to make any meaningful differential diagnosis. Pharmacists who do so are putting the public at risk.
I believe that pharmacists who wish to diagnose and prescribe should study to become doctors. Each to his own.
Brian Stroh
London NW11