Conference on Pharmaceutical Care in Ajman.Summary: AJMAN -- The Gulf Pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. College, a constituent college of Gulf Medical University, will host a conference on Pharmaceutical Care -- Challenges and Opportunities on April 25 at the GMU GMU George Mason University GMU Game Management Unit GMU General Motors University GMU Geographic Management Unit GMU GPS Monitoring Units GMU Guided Missile Unit GMU Grant Management Unit (fundraising) GMU Gyro Mechanical Unit Campus in Ajman. "Pharmaceutical care means improving the medication use to improve outcomes, including the patients' quality of life. "That involves a focus change for pharmacy from product to patient," said Prof Arun Shirwaikar, Dean Gulf Pharmacy College. "This change in focus also implies that the pharmacy curriculum should be adapted in order for the pharmacist pharmacist /phar·ma·cist/ (fahr´mah-sist) one who is licensed to prepare and sell or dispense drugs and compounds, and to make up prescriptions. phar·ma·cist n. to be able to acquire new knowledge 
 and skills." "In most countries this change is taking place but not in a very deliberate or structured manner. "Some basic decisions have to be made to guarantee that every patient receives pharmaceutical care when needed," he said. Prof Shirwaikar pointed out that it will be necessary to set new practice standards, establish cooperative relationships with other health care professions, and determine strategies for marketing pharmaceutical care. Over 150 healthcare and medical professionals from all over the UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. are expected to participate in the one-day conference. Experts from Health Authority - Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (ä`b  thä`bē, zä–, dä–), Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c. , Mafraq Hospital Abu
Dhabi and from Gulf Medical University will deliver 
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