Description
Universities Press A Textbook of Clinical Pharmacy Practice Essential Concepts and Skills 2012 Edition by G. Parthasarathi and Karin Nyfort-Hansen and Milap C. Nahata
About the Book:
This book aims to equip pharmacists with the knowledge and skills required to discharge their clinical pharmacy practice responsibilities in the Indian scenario. The focus is on providing information about how clinical pharmacy is practiced rather than what they need to know about drugs and therapeutics.
Completely revised and updated, this edition includes four new chapters: Community Pharmacy Practice, Medication Use in Pregnancy and Lactation, Ethical Issues in Clinical Research and Poison Information. These chapters address practice areas of great relevance to Indian pharmacists and result in a more comprehensive text overall.
A balanced mix of content, case studies, references and website links has been provided to make the topics as clear and interesting to the reader as possible. Additional appendices comprise laboratory reference values for adults and how to take medication history.
Salient features:
New and revised chapters
Additional tables, sample forms and appendices
Learning objectives and key messages for every chapter
New case studies, practice scenarios and exercises
Updated glossary
Table of Contents:
Foreword to the Second Edition
Foreword to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Abbreviations
1. Clinical Pharmacy in India
BG Nagavi
2. Clinical Pharmacy: An International Perspective
Christopher Doecke
3. Community Pharmacy Practice
BG Nagavi, Ramesh Adepu and Grant Kardachi
4. Key Competencies for Clinical Pharmacy Practice
David Cosh and G Parthasarathi
5. Communication Skills for Pharmacists
Ruth Ferguson
6. Patient Counselling
Ramesh Adepu
7. Medication Adherence
PA Mahesh and G Parthasarathi
8. Essential Medicines and Rational Drug Use
Gitanjali Batmanabane and Krisantha Weerasuriya
9. Adverse Drug Reactions and Pharmacovigilance
Sten Olsson and G Parthasarathi
10. Drug Interactions
Ruth Ferguson
11. Interpreting Laboratory Data: Biochemistry and Haematology
Christopher P Alderman
12. Interpreting Laboratory Data: Infectious Diseases
Jeff Hughes
13. Medication Review
M Ramesh
14. Ward Round Participation
Johnson George
15. Paediatric Pharmacy Practice
Vinita Pai and Milap C Nahata
16. Clinical Pharmacy for Geriatric Patients
Rohan A Elliott
17. Medication Use in Pregnancy and Lactation
Katy E Trinkley and Milap C Nahata
18. Critical Appraisal: How to Read a Research Paper
Karin Nyfort-Hansen
19. Drug Information
M Ramesh and Graeme M Vernon
20. Poison Information
M Ramesh and Shobha Churi
21. Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Roger L Nation and Craig R Rayner
22. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Stefan Kowalski and Karin Nyfort-Hansen
23. Continuing Professional Development
David Cosh
24. Ethical Issues in Clinical Research
Urmila Thatte
25. Research in Clinical Pharmacy
Milap C Nahata
26. Drug Utilisation Evaluation
BS Sathvik
27. Pharmacoepidemiology
Jayashri Sankaranarayanan and Thomas R Einarson
28. Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events
Philip J Schneider
29. Pharmacoeconomics: Theory, Research and Practice
Duska Franic, Anandi V Law and Dev S Pathak
30. Development of Therapeutic Guidelines
Renee Robinson and Milap C Nahata
Appendices
Glossary
Index
About the Authors
G Parthasarathi is Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS University, Mysore, India
Karin Nyfort-Hansen is a Clinical Pharmacist at the Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Milap C Nahata is Professor and Chair of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA