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Wellness: Pharmacy Education's Role and Responsibility

Author(s) -

Robert E. Smith,

Bernie R. Olin

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

american journal of pharmaceutical education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.796

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1553-6467

pISSN - 0002-9459

DOI - 10.5688/aj740469

Subject(s) - pharmacy , pharmacy education , alcohol consumption , medicine , consumption (sociology) , gerontology , psychology , pharmacy practice , nursing , sociology , alcohol , social science , biochemistry , chemistry

The root cause of most chronic diseases in America is self-inflicted through an unhealthy lifestyle including poor diet, insufficient exercise, inability to maintain a healthy weight, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol consumption. Americans' ability to adhere to healthy lifestyles appears to be declining.1,2 The pharmacy profession, while positioned to provide an answer to this problem, has done little. In addition, academic pharmacy's primary focus is on drugs and diseases with limited instruction in the area of wellness. It is time for pharmacy education to step up and take a leadership role in enhancing the wellness of Americans.

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