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A New Look at the Profession of Clinical Pharmacology
Author(s) -
Reidenberg MM
Publication year - 2008
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 - 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100424
Subject(s) - clinical pharmacology , scope (computer science) , context (archaeology) , pharmacology , medicine , alternative medicine , engineering ethics , medical education , computer science , biology , pathology , paleontology , engineering , programming language
The debate over the scope of clinical pharmacology—and the clinical pharmacologist—is ongoing. The stated content of clinical pharmacology is therapeutics, whereas the recommended training programs are geared to train researchers. Most clinical pharmacologists make their living in research. People who do not identify themselves as clinical pharmacologists do much research on drug effects in humans. The professional clinical pharmacologist's role must be re‐evaluated in the context of society's needs and sources of funding. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2008) doi: 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100424