Abstract
This article describes a typical Bureau of Prisons (BOP) medical department at a medium-security federal correctional institution. Details of the daily activities of a pharmacist-practitioner — Performing the traditional pharmaceutical services and providing primary patient care to the inmate population — Are recounted. The author shows that practicing this unique dual role of a pharmacist-practitioner in a BOP medical facility is a valuable asset to the medical staff and is not only an experience in medicine, but an experience in life as well.
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