Community Pharmacy

A pharmacy (commonly the chemist in Australia, New Zealand and the UK; or drugstore in North America; retail pharmacy in industry terminology; or Apothecary, historically) is the place where most pharmacists practice the profession of pharmacy. It is the community pharmacy where the dichotomy of the profession exists - health professionals who are also retailers.

Community pharmacies usually consist of a retail storefront with a dispensary where medications are stored and dispensed. The dispensary is subject to pharmacy legislation; with requirements for storage conditions, compulsory texts, equipment, etc., specified in legislation. Where it was once the case that pharmacists stayed within the dispensary compounding / dispensing medications, there has been an increasing trend towards the use of trained pharmacy technicians while the pharmacist spends more time communicating with patients. Pharmacy technicians are now more dependent upon automation to assist them in their new role dealing with patients' prescriptions and patient safety issues.

All pharmacies are required to have a pharmacist on-duty at all times when open. It is also often a requirement that the owner of a pharmacy must be a registered pharmacist (R. Ph.), although this latter requirement has been revoked in many jurisdictions, such that many retailers (including supermarkets and mass merchandisers) now include a pharmacy as a department of their store.

Likewise, many pharmacies are now rather grocery store-like in their design. In addition to medicines and prescriptions, many now sell a diverse arrangement of additional items such as cosmetics, shampoo, office supplies, confections, snack foods, durable medical equipment, greeting cards, and provide photo processing services.

dichotomy – последовательное деление целого на две части; дихотомия; деление класса на два противопоставляемых друг другу подкласса

dispensary – аптека

legislation – законодательство, законодательная деятельность

Exercise 11. Talk on the theme “My future profession”. Use the following questions.

1. Did you know about profession of a pharmaceutist before entering the higher school?

2. What do you know about pharmacy now?

3. Where does the word “pharmacy” come from?

4. How old is the science pharmacy?

5. Whom of the ancient scientists working in the field of pharmacy do you know?

6. With what science was pharmacy closely related?

7. Where did pharmaceutists receive education before the nineteenth century?

GRAMMAR

NOUN: types and gender

Types of the nouns

abstract	common	collective	proper	concrete
love beauty art belief	woman dog chair table	group crowd team family	Harry London Spain Jack	painter believer girl stadium

Gender of the nouns

Существительные могут быть мужского (masculine), женского (feminine) или среднего (neuter) рода, большинство из них имеет форму вне зависимости от того, мужской это род или женский (doctor):

Однако некоторые существительные отличаются в зависимости:

Masculine	Feminine
actor barman boy bridegroom brother duke emperor father gentleman grandfather hero husband king landlord lord monk nephew policeman prince son steward uncle waiter widower	actress barmaid girl bride sister duchess empress mother lady grandmother heroine wife queen landlady lady nun niece policewoman princess daughter stewardess aunt waitress widow