Abstract
The article describes the perception of 10 pharmacists from the Primary Health Care (PHC) of a region in the municipality of São Paulo that participated in the process of implementing the Pharmaceutical Care (PC). Based on qualitative research with focus groups and descriptive approach, contents were reviewed using the Content Analysis. The 52 registration units organized in 10 categories resulted in three summaries about the PC implementation process. In this context, we could describe the role of pharmacists in PHC after the implementation of clinical services, in order to identify their perceptions, difficulties and advances. Results unveiled positive aspects, besides the need for gradual change in the profile and competences of pharmacists to develop clinical services, extrapolating the category boundaries, and depending on the teamwork performed at PHC. Therefore, results promote the different roles of the players involved in this practice (users, health team, managers, and pharmacists), and value new forms of care in the Brazilian Health System (SUS).
Keywords:
Pharmacist; Clinical Pharmaceutical Services; Pharmaceutical Care; Primary Health Care; Family Health.
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