Adverse Drug Reactions

Second edition

Lee, Anne

Adverse drug reactions continue to present a burden on healthcare, causing considerable morbidity and mortality. Healthcare professionals need to understand the problem of adverse drug reactions and be aware of how...

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Polymers

First edition

Labarre, Denis; Ponchel, Gilles; Vauthier, Christine

This much needed and timely book will provide students with an introduction to general concepts of polymer science and some insights into speciality polymers. Polymers are becoming increasingly present in the...

Community Pharmacy Handbook

First edition

Waterfield, Jon

Community Pharmacy Handbook is an essential survival guide for community pharmacists, pharmacy undergraduates and pre-registration graduates, providing access to a spectrum of relevant information in an easily digestible form. With the...

Developing Your Prescribing Skills

First edition

Thomas, Trudy

Intended to help practitioners and all new prescribers assess their current skills, recognize their skills gaps, identify ways of meeting their learning needs and be accountable for their prescribing, both as...

Drugs and the Liver

A guide to drug handling in liver dysfunction

First edition

North-Lewis, Penny

Drugs and the Liver is designed to assist practitioners in making pragmatic choices for their patients. Liver disease is a widespread and increasing problem throughout the world, however little is published...

Drugs of Abuse

Second edition

Wills, Simon

Drug abuse is a problem which affects all parts of today's society - it is not constrained to one social class, to 'hard drugs' alone, nor even to illicit substances. This...

Evaluation of Herbal Medicinal Products

Perspectives on quality, safety and efficacy

First edition

Houghton, Peter; Mukherjee, Pulok K

The intention of this book is to describe and assess different approaches and techniques for evaluating the quality and efficacy of herbal medicines. The enormous growth in the market for herbal...

Facilitating Learning in Healthcare

First edition

Carter, Sarah

This practical and easy-to-read guide is designed for people from non-teaching backgrounds who have been asked to facilitate the learning process in the healthcare disciplines. It will enable new teachers, lecturers,...

Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies

An evidence-based approach

Ernst, Edzard

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's learned journals are published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society. For further information about pricing or to subscribe to this journal, please visit the Wiley-Blackwell website....

Handbook of Pharmacy Health Education

Second edition

Harman, Robin J

In recent years there has been increasing awareness of the demands that ill-health places on national resources. As a consequence, there has been a greater emphasis placed on prevention of illness,...

Hospital Pharmacy

Second edition

Stephens, Martin

Hospital Pharmacy outlines the changes in pharmacy practice within the hospital setting and discusses the vast range of services that are provided. Each chapter is devoted to an area of pharmacy...

Introduction to Renal Therapeutics

First edition

Ashley, Caroline; Morlidge, Clare

Introduction to Renal Therapeutics is an introduction to all aspects of drug use in renal failure. Covering various diseases affecting the kidneys, each chapter discusses the disease process and treatment....

Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids (The)

First edition

Guy, Geoffrey; Whittle, Brian; Robson, Philip

Cannabis research has moved beyond its use as an illegal recreational drug. Increasingly, focus is on its potential as a therapeutic substance, particularly in serious chronic illnesses such as multiple sclerosis....

Medicines Use Reviews

A practical guide

First edition

Youssef, Susan

Provides evidence-based information, tips and guidance on how to conduct successful Medicines Use Reviews (MURs). The ten main chapters identify and discuss specific medical conditions seen in community pharmacy while...

Medicines, Ethics and Practice

The professional guide for pharmacists

36 (July 2012)

Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Medicines, Ethics and Practice: The professional guide for pharmacists is the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's established professional guide for pharmacists. This 36th edition has been revised as a practical resource to...

Molecular Biopharmaceutics

Aspects of Drug Characterisation, Drug Delivery and Dosage Form Evaluation

First edition

Steffansen, Bente; Brodin, Birger; Nielsen, Carsten Uhd

Covers a complex and developing academic scientific area, comprehensively encapsulating the essentials of the topic. The book's focus is on describing the interplay between the chemistry of drug molecules and membrane...

Non-medical Prescribing

First edition

Sodha, Mahesh; Dhillon, Soraya

An essential new guide designed to ensure confident prescribing in specialist areas. The need for this text stems from the necessity to develop non-medical prescribing in practice. It is an...

Non-prescription Medicines

Fourth edition

Nathan, Alan

This new edition has been revised and updated to reflect amendments in legal category status of several products from prescription-only (POM) to pharmacy sale (P) status. Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines currently available...

Nutraceuticals

A guide for healthcare professionals

Second edition

Lockwood, Brian

Nutraceuticals are complementary medicines of natural origin. Usually obtained from a food source, they are sold as isolated, purified components in pharmacological doses for specific ailments. The international market for nutraceuticals...

Osteoporosis in Focus

First edition

Ferguson, Niall

This book contains a clear, concise discussion of osteoporosis and reviews the role of the pharmacist in counselling patients on their illness, lifestyle and medicines.