Relationship between Pharmacists and Patients

Sabina Leoncini was a research fellow at the Department of Political and Cognitive Science, University of Siena, working on the European project Reversed.  She is now an internship Tutor  at the same University. She holds a bachelor's degree in Education and a master's degree in Anthropology from the University of Florence and is a Ph.D. candidate in Education at the same University. Her main areas of interest are prison re-education, gender equality in school and work, social inclusion, and the concept of care. Dr. Leoncini has collaborated with several of the most prestigious universities in Europe and beyond, including the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), the European University Institute (EUI) in Fiesole, and the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) in Munich. She has been the recipient of several grants (MFA, DAAD) and has participated in national projects of the Ministry of Education, including PON, PRIN and international projects. She currently teaches “The Complexity of the Pharmacist-Patient Relationship: For a Pedagogy of Care” in the University of Siena Pharmacy Degree Program. She is the author of 65 contributions. Since 2011, she has been writing essays and scientific articles in various international journals, both in Italian and English.

• Foreword.- . Preface.- . Acknowledgements.- 1. The role of the pharmacist: an historical perspective on the birth and evolution of the pharmacist.- 2. Care and communication.- 3. Pharmacy in intercultural contexts and in educational and cultural inequalities.- 4. Self-care.- 5. The Italian case study.- 6. Medical Humanities.- 7. The future of pharmacists.