Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy

Description:

 

Complementing the guidelines in the British National Formulary, the third edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy remains the indispensable guide to clinical pharmacy, providing all the information needed for practising and student pharmacists.

It presents handy practical guidance in a quick-reference, bullet-point format to give the reader the knowledge and confidence needed to provide a clinical pharmacy service.

Including key information on controlled drugs, adverse drug reactions, interactions, communication skills, and confidentiality, this extensively revised addition to the bestselling Oxford Handbook series is the fundamental pharmacy reference tool.

It features chapters on adherence, anaphylaxis, clinical trials, herbal medicines, palliative care, patient management, pharmaceutical calculations, research, policy, and therapy related issues.

Thoroughly revised and updated, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy includes brand new topics, including content on health coaching, residency and on-call, HIV and TB and mental health.

 

Table of Contents:

 

1 Adherence

2 Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions

3 Anaphylaxis

4 Clinical pharmacy skills

5 Clinical trials

6 Controlled drugs

7 Evidence-based medicine

8 Herbal medicines

9 Medical gases

10 Patient management issues

11 Patient-specific issues

12 Pharmaceutical calculations

13 Medicines management

14 Research

15 Therapy-related issues: gastrointestinal

16 Therapy-related issues: cardiovascular system

17 Therapy-related issues: respiratory system

18 Therapy-related issues: central nervous system

19 Therapy-related issues: infections

20 Therapy-related issues: endocrine

21 Therapy-related issues: obstetrics and gynaecology

22 Therapy-related issues: malignant diseases and immunosuppression

23 Therapy-related issues: nutrition and blood

24 Therapy-related issues: musculoskeletal

25 Therapy-related issues: skin

26 Therapy-related issues: palliative care

27 Therapy-related issues: miscellaneous

Appendix: Supplementary data