# \[e-drug\] Prescribing and dispensing in one hand? (12) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [April 25, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-prescribing-and-dispensing-in-one-hand-12/29789 "2008-04-25T00:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Phillip\_Passmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dr\_Phillip\_Passmore](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Dr_Phillip_Passmore)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-prescribing-and-dispensing-in-one-hand-12/29789/1 "2008-04-25T00:20:36Z")
E-DRUG: Prescribing and dispensing in one hand? (12) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear E-druggers, The current discussion "prescribing and dispensing in one hand" is fundamentally missing a point that "international norm" determines appropriately trained, disciplined and ethical persons must manage human and animal health care products for the overall benefit of human-kind. The more crucial question therefore should be why appropriately trained health professionals e.g. doctors and pharmacists, seemingly, are not sufficiently alarmed that potent essential medicines are being manufactured, stored and distributed by persons who have little or no health care training and/ or are working outside of any credible regulatory oversight. We must be careful that whilst we focus on whether doctors or pharmacists should have exclusive rights to prescribe or dispense medicines, the bigger issues of growing resistance to anti-infective agents, counterfeit drugs, contaminated drugs, poor quality drugs, in-appropriate uses of medicines, unethical marketing of medicines, lack of access to essential good quality medicines, etc, rage on unabated. Surely, if all persons have access to good quality diagnosis, prescription and dispensing of safe and effective medicines it would be cause for real celebration. The question, of whether we can get that service from a doctor or pharmacist (or other appropriately trained health worker) working within effective monitoring systems, becomes almost irrelevant if we focus on the major threats and risks facing medical supplies management globally. Phillip Passmore Dr Phillip Passmore Adjunct Senior Lecturer Curtin University of Technology School of Pharmacy Bentley Western Australia Manager ANTARA Medical Supplies Management Sub-program Kupang, NTT Province Indonesia