Перевести текст the pharmacist as a member of the health care team .the health care team consists of the patient and all the health care professionals who have responsibility for patient care. this team needs to be well defined, and collaboration needs to be actively sought. pharmacists have an important role to play in this team. they will need to adapt their knowledge, skills and attitudes to this new role, which integrates traditional pharmaceutical science with clinical aspects of patient care, clinical skills, management and communication skills, active collaboration with medical teams and solving of medicine-related problems. pharmacists will need to adopt the essential attitudes required by health professionals working in this area: visibility, responsibility, accessibility in a practice aimed at the general population, commitment to confidentiality and patient orientation. pharmacists will need to be competent and possess both vision and a voice to fully integrate themselves into the health care team. the role of the pharmacist takes different forms in various parts of the world. the pharmacist’s involvement with pharmaceuticals can be in research and development, formulation, manufacturing, quality assurance, licensing, marketing, distribution, storage, supply, information management, dispensing, monitoring or education. supply and information management activities have been termed “pharmaceutical services” and continue to form the foundation of pharmacy practice. pharmacists practice in a wide variety of settings. these include community pharmacy (in retail and other health care settings), hospital pharmacy (in all types of hospital from small local hospitals to large teaching hospitals), the pharmaceutical industry and academia. in addition, pharmacists are involved in health service administration, in research, in international health and in nongovernmental organizations (ngos).