Health and e-Pharmacies in the Covid Age. New Roles and Digital Challenges for the Pharmacist

Authors

  • P.P. Guzzo University of Bari, Italy
  • G. Cersosimo University of Salerno, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31926/but.ssl.2021.14.63.2.12

Keywords:

e-Pharmacy, Sars-Cov2, pharmacists, digital role-set, risks and opportunities, Italy

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.

Author Biographies

P.P. Guzzo, University of Bari, Italy

School of Medicine, Contract Professor of Sociology, Public Manager ASP Cosenza

G. Cersosimo, University of Salerno, Italy

Department of Political and Social Studies, Full Professor of General Sociology

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Published

2022-01-20

Issue

Vol. 14(63) No. 2 (2021)

Section

SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

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