It is part of a doctor’s duty of care


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I REFER to the issue of separation of prescription and dispensing that has been in the news and mentioned by the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society in a letter.

It is just too simplistic a view to claim that patients will get better healthcare merely by making it compulsory for medicine to be dispensed by pharmacists. Good medical care is more than just that.

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