A response to: 'A manifesto for clinical pharmacology from principles to practice' by Jeff Aronson.

摘要

I read with interest the recent provocative article entitled 'A manifesto for clinical pharmacology from principles to practice'from Jeffrey Aronson that appeared in the Journal [1]. Dr Aronson defines a clinical pharmacologist as 'a medically qualified practitioner who teaches, does research, frames policy and gives information and advice about the actions and proper use of medicines in humans and implements that knowledge in clinical practice'. Dr Aronson goes on in his article to say he prefers 'to refer to those who contribute to the discipline, but are not medically qualified as applied pharmacologists'. He further states that'without medical training there are many areas in which such individuals cannot fulfil all the aspects of the discipline of clinical pharmacology and are therefore not clinical pharmacologists'.