visualization of scientific maps enhances the awareness and general recognition of the scientific domains and their structures. it facilitates the study of the existing situation and planning of the future researches as well. the present study sought to discover and generate the scientific map of medicine in iran between 2003 and 2007. it also aimed to determine the most effective medical subje...

BACKGROUND Numerous not-for-profit pharmacies have been created to improve access to medicines for the poor, but many have failed due to insufficient financial planning and management. These pharmacies are not well described in health services literature despite strong demand from policy makers, implementers, and researchers. Surveys reporting unaffordable medicine prices and high mark-ups have...

More than a decade ago, Hepler and Strand1,2 introduced the concept that the therapeutic relationship between pharmacist and patient was an integral component of pharmaceutical care. They saw pharmaceutical care as “a covenantal relationship between a patient and a pharmacist in which the pharmacist performs drug use control functions (with appropriate knowledge and skill) governed by the aware...

although iran has a deep history about 10000 years, its role in development of science in general and medicine in particular is yet to be known. there are several factors responsible for this, namely the destruction of a good number of ancient persian manuscripts and books. furthermore, lack of interest found among contemporary researchers seems to add to this anonymity. one way to compensate f...

indole is a nitrogen-containing heterocycle. it is a very important motif in agriculture and pharmacy. many compounds containing indole moiety has been isolated form nature. it is also an important part in natural alkaloids. tryptophan is an amino acid which posses indole. 3-sustituted indoles are the main group of its derivatives. because the wide-spread application of 3-substituted indolic co...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the satisfaction rate of hospital managerial/clinical teams (hmcts) including principles (chief executives), managers, supervisor pharmacists and head nurses from services presented by private sectors directing 10 pharmacy departments in hospitals affiliated to shahid beheshti university of medical sciences.this study is an observational and descriptive stu...