Even pharmaceutical practices are a part of human geography and can be studied as a common characteristic of a region. Not only are the drugs and the access to drugs different in different countries, but the role of the pharmacists is different. Even in different regions of the United States, some pharmacists are allowed to prescribe medicine while others are not. In Malaysia, the pharmacists are not very different from the physicians, and their main purpose is to prescribe medicine to patients. This is a result of a shortage of qualified individuals in the healthcare field (Azhar et al.). The malpractice of medicine is not uncommon in a developing
Even pharmaceutical practices are a part of human geography and can be studied as a common characteristic of a region. Not only are the drugs and the access to drugs different in different countries, but the role of the pharmacists is different. Even in different regions of the United States, some pharmacists are allowed to prescribe medicine while others are not. In Malaysia, the pharmacists are not very different from the physicians, and their main purpose is to prescribe medicine to patients. This is a result of a shortage of qualified individuals in the healthcare field (Azhar et al.). The malpractice of medicine is not uncommon in a developing