Pharmaceutical Care Practice: The Patient-Centered Approach to Medication Management, Third Edition

Pharmaceutical Care Practice, 3eprovides 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, 3eprovides 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.

Chapter 1. The State of Medication Management Services Worldwide
Chapter 2. A New Patient Care Practice: Its Journey into the Health Care System example)
Chapter 3. An Overview of Pharmaceutical Care Practice
Chapter 4. Patient Centered Care: The Patient’s Medication Experience
Chapter 5. Drug Therapy Problems
Chapter 6. The Patient Care Process
Chapter 7. Becoming Competent in Practice
Chapter 8. Managing Your Practice
Chapter 9. Future Directions