Clinical Skills for Pharmacists

Provides the skills necessary for pharmaceutical care in a patient-centered pharmacy setting. This practical text covers skills, including communication, physical assessment, history taking, patient case presentation, understanding of lab and diagnostic tests, therapeutic planning and monitoring, obtaining drug information, and pharmacy ethics.

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Providing the skills necessary for pharmaceutical care in a patient-centered pharmacy setting, this practical text covers skills, including communication, physical assessment, history taking, patient case presentation, understanding of lab and diagnostic tests, therapeutic planning and monitoring, obtaining drug information, and pharmacy ethics. Case examples throughout the text show how skills are applied in clinical situations, and every chapter concludes with self-assessment questions. Chapters are also sequenced in a skill-building approach, so the development of each skill depends on the integration and application of previous skills.