
The book Hospital Pharmacy is written by Martin Stephens. You can download Hospital Pharmacy freely in pdf format which acknowledges the changes in pharmacy practice within the hospital setting and provides a detailed discussion of the wide range of services now provided. Each chapter is devoted to one area of pharmacy practice and considers its history and current practice before concluding with future developments. In addition to considering well-established facets of hospital pharmacy practice, such as technical services and clinical pharmacy, this text also considers the evolution of hospital pharmacy’s relationship with other health care departments.
Hospital Pharmacy describes the changes in pharmacy practice within the hospital setting and discusses the wide range of services provided. Each chapter is devoted to one area of pharmacy practice and discusses its history, current practice, and future developments.
This book is essential reading for undergraduate pharmacy students, pre-registration graduates, and newly qualified pharmacists, as well as a key reference text for all hospital pharmacy departments. With its extensive, all-encompassing coverage, it will also be of interest to other healthcare professionals.
Description:
Book Name | Hospital Pharmacy |
Author of Book | Martin Stephens |
Edition | 2nd |
Language | English |
Format | |
Category | Pharmaceutical Books |
Overview of (Book name here)
According to Martin Stephens, ‘starting at the beginning’ would require a clear and commonly accepted definition of hospital pharmacy, but that is problematic. While there would be agreement on certain activities that are carried out in ‘pharmacy’ in what is clearly a ‘hospital’, there has never been a definitive, universally accepted description of what hospital pharmacy includes. Nor has there been a clear delimitation of what falls outside the scope of competence of the hospital pharmacy. For example, does the hospital pharmacy include hospital outpatient dispensing? In Scotland, and in some English trusts, dispensing for hospitals’ outpatient services is not part of the service provided by the hospital pharmacy. When such services exist and are contracted to independent providers that provide the service on the site, maybe that is seen as “hospital pharmacy”, but community pharmacies that dispense to hospital outpatients (via hospital FP10) are considered part of the hospital pharmacy service? And what about the “hospital at home” style of care that comprises complex interventions, led by hospital staff but delivered in the patient’s home?Topics of this Edition
This new edition has been completely revised and updated and includes chapters on:• controlled drugs in hospital pharmacy
• clinical pharmacy
• pharmacist prescribing
• mental health
• consultant pharmacists.
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