Health and e-Pharmacies in the Covid Age. New Roles and Digital Challenges for the Pharmacist
Health and e-Pharmacies in the Covid Age. New Roles and Digital Challenges for the Pharmacist
Author(s): P.P. Guzzo, Giuseppina CersosimoSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Sociology, Health and medicine and law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: e-Pharmacy; Sars-Cov2; pharmacists; digital role-set; risks and opportunities; Italy;
Summary/Abstract: The study discusses the potential of e-Pharmacies and the new digital skills of pharmacists in the aftermath of the Sars-Cov2 pandemic. From this perspective, a sociological analysis of the digital role-set of pharmacists is developed, in order to highlight the opportunities and risks of the spreading of online pharmacies and their potential contribution to the delivery of new digital services for addressin Covid-19. The paper ends with some considerations on the importance of the sociological studies of “e-pharmacy encounters” in the current phase of Covid Age in Italy.
Journal: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series VII: Social Sciences and Law
- Issue Year: 14/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 297-306
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English