RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nuclear pharmacy, Part I: Emergence of the specialty of nuclear pharmacy.
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 8
OP 11
VO 28
IS 1
A1 Shaw, S M
A1 Ice, R D
YR 2000
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/28/1/8.abstract
AB OBJECTIVE: Nuclear pharmacy was the first formally recognized area in pharmacy designated as a specialty practice. The events leading to nuclear pharmacy specialty recognition are described in this article. After reading this article the nuclear medicine technologist or nuclear pharmacist should be able to: (a) describe the status of nuclear pharmacy before recognition as a specialty practice; (b) describe the events that stimulated pharmacists to organize a professional unit to meet the needs of nuclear pharmacists; and (c) identify the steps by which nuclear pharmacists become board certified in nuclear pharmacy.