Overview

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Pharmacy is a doctoral health profession in which licensed professionals provide information about medications to patients and other healthcare professionals. As "medication experts," pharmacists are concerned with safeguarding the public's health in matters relating to medication distribution and use and disease state management.

Pharmacists play a vital role in improving patient care through the medicine and information they provide. To see pharmacists in action and learn about the history of this profession, check out the feature produced by New York Public TV: "Pharmacists: The Unsung Heroes."

For more information on pursuing a degree in pharmacy, see  the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Website. For profiles of minorities in the pharmacy field, see AETNA's 2005 African Americans in History calendar.

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Pharmacy Overview October 4, 2010 [PDF 45KB]