Pharmaceutical Care Practice: The Patient-Centered Approach to Medication Management, Third Edition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780071756389)

The most practical textbook on pharmaceutical care available to the student and licensed pharmacist

Pharmaceutical Care Practice, 3e provides the basic information necessary to establish, support, deliver, and maintain medication management services. This trusted text explains how a practitioner delivers pharmaceutical care services and provides a vision of how these services fit into the evolving healthcare structure.

Whether you are a student or a practicing pharmacist seeking to improve your patient-care skills, Pharmaceutical Care Practice, 3e provides the step-by-step implementation strategies necessary to practice in this patient-centered environment. This practical guide to providing pharmaceutical care helps you to:

• Understand your growing role in drug therapy assessment and delivery
• Learn an effective process for applying your pharmacotherapeutic knowledge to identify and prevent or resolve drug therapy problems
• Establish a strong therapeutic relationship with your patients
• Optimize your patients' well-being by achieving therapeutic goals
• Improve your follow-up evaluation abilities
• Documents your pharmaceutical care and obtain reimbursement
• Work collaboratively with other patient care providers

The patient-centered approach advocated by the authors, combined with an orderly, logical, rational decision-making process assessing the indication, effectiveness, safety, and convenience of all patient drug therapies will have a measurable positive impact on the outcomes of drug therapy.