SUMMARY
This manuscript briefly describes the Minnesota Pharmaceutical Care Project and explains how those involved in the Project worked to apply the philosophy of pharmaceutical care in actual daily practice. The end product of these efforts has been the development of the Comprehensive Pharmaceutical Care practice model. The practice model has been developed by pharmacists, for pharmacists, in the community practice setting. We will describe the process used to develop the model that begins with a practice philosophy, includes the use of a therapeutic relationship and identification of patient need and culminates in the definition of a basic pharmaceutical care service.