Pharmaceutical practice / edited by Judith A. Rees, Ian Smith, Jennie Watson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Section 1 An introduction to pharmacy and its place in society -- 1. The role of pharmacy in health care / Christine M. Bond -- 2. Socio-behavioural aspects of health and illness / Alison Gifford -- 3. Socio-behavioural aspects of treatment with medicines / Alison Gifford -- Section 2 Protecting the public -- 4. Control of medicines / Judith A. Rees -- 5. Control of health professionals and their staff / Ian Smith -- 6. Continuing professional development and revalidation / Raminder Sihota -- 7. Ethics -- the theory / Richard C. O'Neill -- 8. Ethics in practice and ethical dilemmas / Jennie Watson -- 9. Clinical governance / John Tucker -- 10. Risk management / Darren M. Ashcroft -- 11. Standard operating procedures / Alison Hunter -- 12. Audit / Janet Krska -- 13. Public health / Simon White -- Section 3 Delivering professional pharmacy practice -- 14. Structure and organization of pharmacy / Jennie Watson.

Contents note continued: 15. Relationship with other members of the healthcare team / Felice S. Groundland -- 16. Information retrieval in pharmacy practice / Parastou Donyai -- 17.Communication skills for pharmacists and their team / Isabel J. Featherstone -- 18. Concordance / Marjorie C. Weiss -- 19. Pharmaceutical calculations / Arthur J. Winfield -- Section 4 Access to medicines and their selection -- 20. The prescribing process and evidence-based medicine / Jason Hall -- 21. Prescribing for minor ailments / Paul Rutter -- 22. Drug evaluation and pharmacoeconomics / Dyfrig A. Hughes -- 23. Formularies in pharmacy practice / Janet Krska -- 24.Complementary and alternative medicines / Brian Lockwood -- 25.Communication skills: advice and information on the selection of medicines / Judith A. Rees -- 26. Patient charges for medicines and their impact on access / Ellen Schafheutle -- 27. The prescription / Ian Smith -- 28. Veterinary pharmacy / Jennie Watson.

Contents note continued: Section 5 Medicines and their preparation -- 29. Routes of administration and dosage forms / Arthur J. Winfield -- 30. Dispensing techniques (compounding and good practice) / Judith A. Rees -- 31. Labelling of dispensed medicines / Judith A. Rees -- 32. Packaging / Derek G. Chapman -- 33. Solutions / Arthur J. Winfield -- 34. Suspensions / Arthur J. Winfield -- 35. Emulsions / Arthur J. Winfield -- 36. External preparations / Arthur J. Winfield -- 37. Suppositories and pessaries / Arthur J. Winfield -- 38. Powders and granules / Arthur J. Winfield -- 39. Oral unit dosage forms / Arthur J. Winfield -- Section 6 Specialized pharmacy products and services -- 40. Production of sterile products / Derek G. Chapman -- 41. Parenteral products / Derek G. Chapman -- 42. Ophthalmic products / E. Richards -- 43. Inhaled route / Peter M. Richards -- 44. Parenteral nutrition and dialysis / Liz Lamerton -- 45. Radiopharmacy / David Graham -- 46. Specialized services / Geoff Saunders.

Contents note continued: 47. Appliances / Ian Smith -- Section 7 Pharmacy services -- 48. Public health and pharmacy interventions / Jennie Watson -- 49. Pharmacy services for vulnerable patients / Victoria Crabtree -- 50. Substance use and misuse / Jenny Scott -- 51. Monitoring the patient / Alison Littlewood.