Defining the role of pharmacists in a variety of health care settings has been widely discussed over the past several years, and it continues to be an area of significant interest to our profession. In particular, pharmacists have been encouraged to establish and/or enhance clinical pharmacy services in ambulatory, hospital, and community practices.However, in these collaborative efforts, it is important to have clearly defined roles to reduce ambiguity or overlap of roles with other health care professionals and also to promote a cohesive approach when more than one pharmacist is involved with the team. Several factors must be considered before a pharmacist joins a health care team: Is this an established team? Have the team members interacted with a pharmacist before? What are their expectations of the pharmacist?
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