Pharmaceutical Practice

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This comprehensive book covers a wide range of subjects relevant to pharmacy practice, including communication skills, managing a business, quality assurance, dispensing, calculations, packaging, storage and labeling of medicines, sterilization, prescriptions, hospital-based services, techniques and treatments, adverse drug reactions, pharmacoeconomics, and medicines management. Features useful appendices on medical abbreviations, pharmaceutical Latin terms, weights and measures, and presentation skills. This is a core text for pharmacy practice and dispensing modules of the pharmacy curriculum Covers key exam material for essential review and test preparation Features a user-friendly design with clear headings, chapter summaries, helpful boxes, and key points Several totally new chapters have been added on the following topics: the 'essential medicines concept', pharmacy management, complementary and alternative medicines, pharmacoeconomics, and presentation skills. There has been major expansion of many chapters, including social and behavioural aspects of pharmacy, calculations, medicines information, and drug administration by the inhaled route. All other chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated.

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