Publisher's Synopsis
Pharmaceutical services are shifting towards patient-centered care at a time when healthcare is delivered by an integrated team of health workers. Effective pharmacy practice requires an understanding of the social context within which pharmacy is practised, recognising the particular needs and circumstances of the users of pharmaceutical services and of pharmacy's place within the health service provision.;Designed for undergraduate and and postgraduate pharmacists, this text aims to provide a background to the social context of pharmacy and includes: the development of pharmacy practice; international dimensions of pharmacy practice; health, illness and medicines use; professional practice; meeting the needs of specific populations; measuring and regulating medicines use; and research methods, evaluation and audit.