Interdisciplinary approach to the study of pharmaceutical care in the problem field of sociology of medicine

The review analyzes the modern studies of domestic and foreign authors dedicated to the definition of the category of pharmaceutical care and study of its role in maintaining the health of the population. Pharmaceutical care has social, cultural and historical conditionality and can be considered as one of the essential elements of the public health system. Formation of market relations in the Russian society contributed to significant changes in the population attitude to their health, the conversion of existing objective laws of functioning of public health (traditionally non-market sector), and the conditions of activities of medical organizations and specialists.