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BRAIN STORM!!!!! let’s  highlight the most common and relevant words on the proposed changes for pharmacies, according to the input from this scenario .the pharmacies are characterized by both dimensions , the economic and the social one. We have pharmacists, people and health in one side and in the other side we have money and law/rules. Currently the Greek pharmacies [...]

http://farmakopoioi.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post_6538.html GOVERMENT OWES TO GREEK PHARMACY !! This is an article from the Pharmacists blog (farmakopoioi.blogspot). It talks about the fact that “OPAD” a public insurance agency for people working for the government, owes 8-10 months of payments to the pharmacists which have to cover 75-90% of the drugs, since they have to pay their suppliers several [...]

SCIENTIFIC  PHARMACY NOT COMMERCIAL STORES!! ! This picture shows a pharmacy in Tokyo Japan. When pharmacies are turned into simple commercial stores the main goal is to making profit and loose the scientific character and the personalised approach that they currently have. When a merchant and not a pharmacist runs a pharmacy, then he is not concerned [...]

ONLINE PHARMACY-RISKS & BENEFITS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_pharmacy Online pharmacies are pharmacies that operate over the Internet. While many internet pharmacies sell prescription drugs only with a prescription, some do not require a pre-written prescription. In some countries, this is because prescriptions are not required. Some customers order drugs from such pharmacies to avoid the inconvenience of visiting a [...]

A BATTLE FOR MANTAIN THE GREEK FARMACY AS A HUMANCENTRIC PHARMACY This video presents the changes proposed from the Greek government to allow large corporations from abroad to open and/or buy hundreds of pharmacies in Greece. The current law prohibits a common merchant from opening a pharmacy or owning a percentage of a pharmacy. This prevents [...]

 http://www.grreporter.info/en/pharmacists_adamant_against_increasing_number_pharmacies_and_do_not_want_chains_global_companies/397 This article presents an interview with Thanasis Papathanasis who is the secretary general of the Greek Pharmaceutical Union. The main point of his interview is that the pharmacists are ready to help but not to be ruined . The article indicates that the pharmacies in Greece are 12 000, three times more than in other European countries. [...]

TOPIC Social Policy and Health, Economy TITLE The Future of Greek Health System: Greek Pharmacies SHORT DESCRIPTION This scenario provides information about the changes that the Greek government is planning for the Greek pharmacies and the effect this will have on the Greek Society ACTIVITY 1 -PHARMACIST ARE READY TO HELP BUT NOT BE RUINED! ACTIVITY 2 -HOW GREEK GOVERMENT HELPS LARGE [...]

Pharmacists without a Pharmacy This group is called “Pharmacists without a Pharmacy”. They speak about their right to open a pharmacy in Greece. They have a strong point. They have a degree and they are trying to open a pharmacy to earn a living. However a license costs over 250.000 euro, because the maximum number of [...]