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Tables of Contents for Pharmaceutical Practice
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Contributors
x
About this book
xii
PART 1 PHARMACY IN SOCIETY
1. The contribution of pharmacy to today's health care provision
2
10
CM Bond
2. Social and behavioural aspects of pharmacy
12
24
KH Enlund
3. Communication skills for the pharmacist
36
14
AJ Winfield and KH Enlund (original authors MM Moody, SL Hutchinson, EJ Kennedy)
4. WHO and the essential medicines concept
50
6
ME Everard
5. Pharmacy management
56
10
IF Jones
PART 2 PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACY PRACTICE
6. The principles and applications of quality assurance
66
11
DG Chapman
7. Dispensing techniques (compounding and good practice)
77
12
AJ Winfield (original author MM Moody)
8. Pharmaceutical calculations
89
16
IO Edafiogho and AJ Winfield
9. Packaging
105
8
DG Chapman
10. Storage and stability of medicines
113
4
AJ Winfield
11. Labelling of dispensed medicines
117
6
AJAC Winfield (original author MM Moody)
12. Principles and methods of sterilization
123
14
RME Richards
13. Sterile production areas
137
13
DG Chapman
14. Sterility testing
150
11
RME Richards
PART 3 PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
161
171
15. The prescription
162
12
JA Rees
16. Routes of administration and dosage forms
174
7
AJ Winfield (original author MM Moody)
17. Solutions
181
10
AJ Winfield (original author EJ Kennedy)
18. Suspensions
191
7
AJ Winfield (original author EJ Kennedy)
19. Emulsions
198
8
AJ Winfield (original author MM Moody)
20. External preparations
206
12
AJ Winfield
21. Suppositories and pessaries
218
7
AJ Winfield (original author MM Moody)
22. Powders and granules
225
5
AJ Winfield (original author EJ Kennedy)
23. Oral unit dosage forms
230
5
AJ Winfield (original author EJ Kennedy)
24. Inhaled route
235
12
PM Richards
25. Parenteral products
247
17
DG Chapman
26. Ophthalmic products
264
16
RME Richards
27. Specialized services
280
18
K Sabra (original authors SL Hutchinson and D Graham)
28. Parenteral nutrition and dialysis
298
15
K Sabra (original author SL Hutchinson)
29. Wound management, stoma and incontinence products
313
13
JH Winfield and AJ Winfield
30. Medical gases
326
6
AJ Winfield
PART 4 USING PHARMACEUTICAL SKILLS IN CARING FOR PATIENTS
31. Clinical pharmacy practice
332
28
MC Watson and CM Bond (including some material by JA Cromarty, JG Hamleg, J Krska and AJ Winfield)
32. Adverse drug reactions
360
12
J Krska
33. Medicines information
372
20
A Lee
34. The evaluation of medicines
392
8
J Krska
35. Pharmacoeconomics
400
9
J Silcock
36. Formularies and guidelines
409
16
J Krska
37. Responding to symptoms
425
16
C Edwards, J Krska
38. Counselling
441
12
JA Rees
39. Health promotion
453
11
JA Rees
40. Concordance and compliance
464
10
AJ Winfield and CM Bond
41. Complementary/alternative medicine
474
10
J Barnes
42. Substance use and misuse
484
15
J Scott
43. Clinical governance
499
11
J Krska
PART 5 APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Current UK pharmaceutical legislation
510
8
CM Bond (original author MM Moody)
Appendix 2 National Health Service dispensing
518
4
CM Bond (original author MM Moody)
Appendix 3 Medical abbreviations
522
8
MR Thomas
Appendix 4 Latin terms and abbreviations
530
3
DM Collett
Appendix 5 Systems of weights and measures
533
2
AJ Winfield
Appendix 6 Presentation skills
535
7
RME Richards
Appendix 7 Key references and further reading
542
9
Index
551