Product Description

This comprehensive book covers a wide range of subjects relevant to pharmacy practice, including communication skills, managing a business, quality assurance, dispensing, calculations, packaging, storage and labeling of medicines, sterilization, prescriptions, hospital-based services, techniques and treatments, adverse drug reactions, pharmacoeconomics, and medicines management. Features useful appendices on medical abbreviations, pharmaceutical Latin terms, weights and measures, and presentation skills.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74872 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 652 pages

Customer Reviews

A textbook to last throughout university and even beyond it
As a first year pharmacy student it is safe to say that most things to do with the subject are quite daunting at first and some textbooks do not elevate this feeling in the slightest but I was tremendously pleased to find out that this textbook is different, although other pharmacy practice textbooks are available this particular textbook outshines them, with extremely useful and valuable reader interaction through easy to understand examples and self-assessment questions.

Even whilst still being on freshers week we were advised to prepare for the course that was ahead and Pharmaceutical Practice was just another textbook in a long list of textbooks on my reading list, by chance it was the first textbook I purchased and I can say without any doubt I can highly recommended it as a textbook that will last for the entire four years at university and beyond, I am happy to say that Pharmaceutical Practice has been very valuable in other subjects apart from pharmacy practice for example part 3 which is entitled pharmaceutical products has helped in pharmaceutical formulations.

A great amount of thought and time has gone into the layout of the textbook with each major area having its own part in the textbook; this function allows the finding of information quick and quite painless. Nicely illustrated diagrams are also well featured throughout the textbook as are worked examples for the variously extensive array of calculations featured. The writing style of this textbook allows you to complete background reading for lectures with a surprising amount of simplicity as the level of detail featured in the textbook is comprehensive but straightforward to digest.

In summary I have found this particular textbook extremely valuable in many areas of the course and I can recommend without bias that any person studying pharmacy should own this textbook as you will also find it indispensable throughout your careers.

Great for Techs too!!!
If you're a student technician this book is tops! I only discovered it after I'd finished my course, but its still great. It has all the info you'll need from sterility testing to calculations. If you want a handbook to help you through the course, this is the one for you.

Well set out and interesting
This book was required for the second year of my pharmacy degree. In comparison to other such textbooks required for university, this one is well laid out and finding subjects is straight-forward. The language is not overly complex and things are well-explained. I would definitely recommend this book - especially if studying a pharmaceutical-related degree.