RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Social and behavioral aspects of therapeutics, with emphasis on pharmaceutical care in health service organizations, e.g., decision making, systems analysis and management, sociology of professions.
• Compliance with professional and administrative standards in medication use systems.

• Implementing and evaluating medications use systems
• Continuous improvement programs in medications use
• Cost effectiveness of medications use

• Implementing pharmaceutical care
• Therapeutic outcomes monitoring

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