Foundation in Pharmacy Practice
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Author(s): B. Whalley et al.
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780853697473
Format: softback
212pp
Price: £24.95
Review Date: 02 September 2008
Review: This textbook introduces beginning students to pharmacy practice. It covers: the structure and functions of the NHS and RPSGB; the roles of the pharmacist in a variety of sectors (including the community, hospitals and industry); an introduction to medicines management; law, ethics, confidentiality and the duty of care; essential communication skills; prescriptions; major routes of drug administration; dispensing; and practicalities – packaging and labelling, legal issues, a beginners guide to extemporaneous dispensing, compliance, adherence and concordance and major routes of drug administration. There is also a glossary of terms that are commonly used in pharmacy.