Pharmaceutical practice. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by A.J. Winfield, J.A. Rees, I. Smith.
• Other Names: Winfield, A. J (Arthur J.); Rees, Judith A; Smith, Ian, 1959 November 24; Richards, R. Michael E
• Contents: Section 1: Pharmacy in Society; ; Chapter titles: Development and role of pharmacy in society: models of pharmacy practice within healthcare systems; Sociological aspects of patients and illness; Sociological aspects of treatment with drugs; Public health; Essential medicines; ; Section 2: Development and maintenance of quality pharmaceutical practice; ; Chapter titles: Governance – an overview; Risk management; Fitness to practice and CPD; Audit; Ethics; Communication skills; Relationship with other members of the healthcare team; Record keeping; ; Section 3: Access to medicines a) prescribing; ; Chapter titles: Introduction; The prescribing process and evidence-based medicine; Formularies; Pharmacoeconomics and drug evaluation; Complementary medicine; Routes of administration; Responding to symptoms; Information retrieval; ; Section 4: Access to medicines b) dispensing; ; Chapter titles: Checking the prescription; Dispensing techniques (compounding and good practice); Pharmaceutical calculations; Packaging; Labelling; Sterile production areas and sterility testing; Solutions; Suspensions; Emulsions; External preparations; Suppositories and pessaries; Powders and granules; Oral unit dosage forms; Inhaled route; Parenteral products; Eye products; Specialised services; TPN and Dialysis; Radiopharmacy; Storage of medicines and waste disposal; Communication skills (advice giving); ; Section 5: Pharmaceutical practice and the individual medicine–using patient; ; Chapter titles: Collection and delivery services; Concordane; Monitoring the patient; Services for vulnerable patients; Services for drug misusers; ; Appendices; ; 1. Medical abbreviations; 2. Latin terms and abbreviations; 3. Systems of weights and measures; 4. Presentation skills; 5. References.
• Edition: 4th ed
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 643 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 615.4; Pharmacy; Pharmacy -- Practice; Pharmaceutical Services; Drug Compounding; Pharmacy; Pharmacy -- Practice; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0702041874; 9780702041877
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.