http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8631584&postID=114472549064642367 carpediem2100 said... Essay23 - written by carpediem2100 ------- May 20/2006 There is a potential conflict of interest in retail Pharmacy. The company profits according to the volume of medicine/drugs sold. The other point similarly is efficiency. That is, the more units sold in the least amount of time contributes to maximizing profit. The dilemma(s) may be: a) improving the health of customers and reducing their drug use/dependency will also reduce the profits of the business. AND b) With less time to clinically review a customers medication profile, this clinical task may not be done thoroughly or possibly not done at all. The current business/marketing model may therefore not be the best for the patient's health. Fortunately, Pharmacists are professionals and do not exploit this conflict. The bottom line is there appears to be no financial or market incentive for drugstores to do a good job. The Pharmacist by moral and ethical contraints must overcome these lack of incentives to look after his/her customers/patients. For their huge responsiblility, their control is limited. Legally they are responsible. The Pharmacy colleges have endowed them with this duty and yet no-one knows how to fix this situation. If anyone knows I am "all ears". 20 May, 2006 15:52