A basic textbook designed for introductory courses in pharmacy for first year students. It provides coverage of the ill person and illness behaviour, current trends in drug therapy, drug abuse, the pharmacy profession, pharmaceutical education, legal aspects, and directions for the future.

Product Description: Book by Noel, Michael W.

Product Description: Northeastern University, Boston. Introductory, programmed workbook for nursing students. DNLM: 1. Drugs - administration & dosage.

Product Description: This convenient, money-saving package is a must-have for nursing students! It includes Clinical Calculations, 6th edition and Drug Calculations Online for Clinical Calculations, 6th edition.

Product Description: University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis. Textbook for pharmacy students. DNLM: 1. Community Pharmacy Services.

Product Description: Practitioners find complete administration information on more than 600 pediatric drugs, guidelines for calculating pediatric dosages, guidance on teaching parents and patients, and Internet access to drug updates. Contents include principles of pediatric drug therapy, drug entries alphabetized by generic name, components of analgesic combination products, drugs for pediatric emergencies, immunization schedule, immunization practices in immunocompromised children, drugs of abuse, giving drugs to children at home, table of equivalents, estimating surface area in children, resources for pediatric care, components of oral rehydration solutions, and an inde...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: With this new edition there has been a change in the editorship, a change in the title (this first edition of "Pharmaceutical Practice" replaces the 12th edition of "Cooper and Gunn's Dispensing for Pharaceutical Students") and a redesigned and updated content...read more

Readers will find this book to be the most comprehensive source on pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems. "Physical Pharmacy Capsules" highlight key concepts with boxes, providing easy reference. Reflecting traditional pharmaceutics pedagogy, the new edition is organized by dosage form rather than by route of administration (view table of contents)

(view table of contents)

Product Description: This book is an excellent review of health promotion in the context of the pharmacy practice. Since the publication of the first edition, major changes have taken place in the involvement of pharmacists in health promotion. Health promotion is now a core role for community (retail) pharmacist and health promotion is now taught as a core-subject in all schools of pharmacy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Quantitative calculations are common everyday practice for the analytical chemist in his laboratory work. This book aims at familiarizing students and technicians with such calculations done in pharmaceutical analysis, biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical chemistry, physical pharmacy and radiopharmacy...read more

Interpersonal Communication in Pharmaceutical Care shows readers how to communicate better with patrons and patients in hospital and retail pharmacy locations. Author Helen Meldrum, who has been teaching interpersonal skills to pharmacy students and practitioners since the early 1980s, uses actual scenarios to demonstrate basic communication skills. These “real life” examples illustrate communication problems from the perspectives of pharmacy workers and their subsequent efforts to improve the lines of communication with patrons. Yet the case studies do more than depict actual dialogue between pharmacists and their customers and patients; they address improved communication between co-workers, a vital aspect of providing excellent pharmacy practice. Throughout Interpersonal Communication in Pharmaceutical Care, the reader finds how important it is to replace negative communication with more effective choices. These conversations prepare readers to act--not react--when faced with difficult persons or situations in pharmacy settings.Interpersonal Communication in Pharmaceutical Care is a resource of how to improve communication in pharmacy practice. Pharmacists who analyze the scenarios in this book can more readily identify effective responses to challenging situations in hospital and retail practice. The interpersonal skills section covers such fundamentals as:Basic speaking and listening skillsResponsible assertive communication skillsCounseling skillsInterprofessional problem-solving skillsConflict management skillsCollaborative communication skillsTruly a unique book due to its practical nature, Interpersonal Communication in Pharmaceutical Care is appropriate for all pharmacy practitioners from the level of technician through supervisor. Because the cases featured are transcripts of actual interactions between pharmacists, customers, and co-workers, readers can identify with the situations and begin to effectively change their communication methods with satisfactory results--for the patron or patient and the pharmacist.

Product Description: This book gives pharmacists the background knowledge necessary to give sound dietary advice in the pharmacy. Up-to-date nutritional information is presented in a readily accessible and relevant form. Since the first edition was published in 1994, there have been many new developments in nutrition, particularly in the area of coronary heart disease, cancer, infant nutrition and osteoporosis for which new official guidelines have been published...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)