Patient Assessment in Pharmacy (book)

Patient Assessment: A Culturally Competent Approach will provide pharmacy students, pharmacy residents, and practicing pharmacists with knowledge and skills related to patient assessment. This comprehensive text reviews the process of gathering information necessary to identify drug related problems, including both subjective and objective patient information, to help prevent and/or resolve medication related problems. This text is unique in that it will focus on helping clinicians and students integrate cultural competency in their patient assessment techniques. With helpful information for the patient interview, physical exam, and care plan development, as well as helpful case studies, discussion questions, and practice activities, this valuable text has the tools to help students and clinicians incorporate cultural competency throughout the patient assessment process.

*Review of cultural competency that also addresses health disparities
*Focuses only on assessment skills relevant to the practice of pharmacy
*Use of culturally competent interview and explanatory models that can be used with any patient, regardless of cultural/ethnic background
*Descriptions of clinical presentation of conditions that may present differently in various cultural/ethnic groups
*Descriptions of clinical problems that may have a higher incidence in various cultural groups based on cultural practices
*Descriptions of drug induced conditions and clinical presentation that accompanies these conditions.
*Full-color photos depict how conditions present on skin of various skin tones
*Handy guide for students and excellent resource for rotation sites
*Text includes inpatient and outpatient scenarios

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