Clinical pharmacy and clinical research.

Abstract

IN THE SUMMER OF 1987, one of the authors (IN) was asked to react to a paper presented by Hepler at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy that involved an overview of the history of pharmacy. I She was specifically asked to address the relationship between clinical pharmacy and clinical research. Those initial considerations plus a major amount of afterthought addressing this issue on a broader basis form the basis for this editorial.