Faculty, residents, and student pharmacists will find this essential history text to be a valuable resource. Knowledge of the history of pharmacy including major milestones and contributors in the evolution of the profession will enhance the competency of every practitioner. In this book most of the major issues of the profession of pharmacy, including association organization and management, education, industry, governance, and practice are addressed through an examination of the lives and careers of the pharmacy professionals who dealt with them. Leaders in the profession and those who aspire to be leaders will find the different approaches to problem solving of value.

Key Features

• Essays on the professional lives of 28 pharmacy statesmen, reformers, activists, educators, ethicists, editors, and pioneers
• Photographs of pharmacy leaders and milestones in the history of pharmacy
• Insights into two centuries of professional progress in education, community and institutional practice, manufacturing, government, publishing, association leadership, and military service

Heroes of Pharmacy: Professional Leadership in Times of Change is recommended for pharmacy leaders at the local, state, and national level, pharmacy faculty, students and residents, and historians.

ISBN: 978-1-58212-111-6; 2007; 175 pages; hardbound