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Report of the subcommittee on position and status of the clinical pharmacologist in drug research
Author(s) -
Modell Walter,
Beecher Henry K.,
Lasagna Louis,
Maren Thomas,
Pfeiffer Carl,
Richards R. K.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt196452226
Subject(s) - clinical pharmacology , scope (computer science) , statement (logic) , medicine , meaning (existential) , pharmacology , engineering ethics , psychology , law , political science , psychotherapist , computer science , engineering , programming language
The new F. D. A. regulations direct attention to the clinical pharmacologist and have suddenly created a broad demand for his services. Yet there is no clear‐cut de:6.nition of a clinical pharmacologist or of clinical pharmacology; there are no generally accepted standards for the education and training of clinical pharmacologists and, though a journal with such a title is now in its fourth annual volume, there exists no collected body of literature or any textbook. If only for the legal considerations, an authoritative statement on the meaning and scope of clinical pharmacology is urgently needed. Since an important public function is involved, this subcommittee puts forward the statement which follows in the hope it will lead to the establishment of appropriately high standards for clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacologists.