ve To promote the professional level of Chinese hospital pharmacy practice and make the hospital pharmacy subject go ahead.
Method By summarizing the published data on the introduction of
pharmaceutical care abroad, the advances in the theory and practice of pharmaceutical care were recognized and the strategies for implementing pharmaceutical care were put forward. Result The concept of pharmaceutical care has been made more and more perfect. It is redefined as a practice in which the practitioner takes responsibility for a patient' s drug related needs and holds him or herself accountable for meeting these needs. "In this article, the philosophy, the basical elemets and the patient care process of pharmaceutical care practice were summarized, and also the strategies for implementing pharmaceutical care in china in the face of the 21th century were put forward. Conclusion Pharmaceutical care is a new element of hospital pharmacy practice, Chinese
pharmacists ought to study hard to face the challenge.