LECTURE NOTES IN PHARMACY PRACTICE
Each of us learned during our secondary school days
that frogs are cold-blooded creatures. By definition,
we came to know that frogs would adapt their body
temperatures to their external surroundings. Through
this process, the metabolic and circulatory systems of
the frog could adjust the temperature of its blood and
thereby survive the external environment.In contrast to the frog, social systems and their
constituents do not adapt so effectively or efficiently.
This is particularly evident in healthcare systems,
owing to continuous global dialogue on access to
care, organisation of health delivery, financing of
healthcare services and products, and assuring safety
and quality. Few countries have determined perfect
solutions. Some have extreme difficulty adjusting to
the events of the external environment. In the developed
world, it is becoming clear that current healthcare
systems may not be sustainable in the future.
Major human, fiscal and infrastructure resources are
required in the developing and transitional countries
in order to provide a basic set of essential healthcare
services to their respective populations.
