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Author Kyle, Greg, author

Title Skills for pharmacists : a patient-focused approach / Greg Kyle, Marnie Firipis, Karen J. Tietze
Published Chatswood, New South Wales : Churchill Livingstone, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (296 pages)
Series Japan Annual Reviews in Electronics, Computers and Telecommunications
Japan Annual Reviews in Electronics, Computers and Telecommunications
Contents Front cover; Evolve page; Half title page; Skills for pharmacists; Copyright page; Preface to the Australian Adaptation; Preface; Acknowledgements; Greg; Marnie; Reviewers; Table of Contents; 1 The practice of clinical pharmacy; Patient-Focused Pharmacy Practice; Sites and Types of Practice; Registration and Voluntary Credentialling and Certificate Programs; Requirements; Registration; Annual Registration; Voluntary Credentialling and Certificate Programs; Post-Registration Credentialling; Multidisciplinary Disease-Specific Credentialling; The Clinical Environment; Healthcare Professionals
Medical PractitionersNurses; The Healthcare Team; The Medical Team; Consultant Medical Practitioner; Registrars; Residents; Medical Students; Other Team Members; The Inpatient Environment; The Outpatient Environment; The Medical Record; Self-assessment questions; References; 2 Ethics in Pharmacy and Healthcare; Professional Codes of Ethics; Hippocratic Oath; Pharmacy Code of Ethics; Code of Ethics for Medical Practitioners; Nursing Code of Ethics; Patients' Rights; Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights; Privacy; Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012; Ethical Issues
Conscientious ObjectionConfidentiality; Research Ethics; Ethics and the Promotion of Prescription Drugs; Advance Care Directives; Withholding and Withdrawing Medical Interventions; Self-assessment questions; References; 3 Communication Skills for Pharmacists; Verbal Communication Skills; Active Listening; Observation and Assessment; Barriers to Verbal Communication; Physical Barriers; Lack of Privacy; The Telephone; Written Communication Skills; Integration; Communicating with Patients; Patient Titles; Respect for the Patient; Questioning Techniques; Patient Instruction; Medical Jargon
Special SituationsCommunicating with Healthcare Professionals; Pharmacist-Medical Practitioner Communication; Pharmacist-Nurse Communication; Pharmacist-Pharmacist Communication; Telecommunication; Additional Communication Skills; Teaching; Platform and Poster Presentations; Platform Presentations; Poster Presentations; Media Interviews; Newsletters and Manuscripts; Self-assessment questions; References; 4 Pharmacy Models of Care; Pharmacy Practice in the Healthcare System; Hospital Pharmacy Practice; Community Pharmacy; Consultant Pharmacy; Emerging Areas of Pharmacist Practice
Self-assessment questionsReferences; 5 Taking Medication Histories; Importance of Accurate Medication Histories; Preparing for an Interview; Observing a Patient and Their Environment; Data to be Obtained; Medication Names; When-Necessary (PRN) Medications; Demographic Information; Dietary Information; Social Habits; Current Prescription Medications; Past Prescription Medications; Current Non-Prescription Medications; Past Non-Prescription Medications; Current and Past Complementary and Alternative Medicines; Vaccinations; Medication Allergies; Adverse Drug Reactions; Adherence
Summary Skills for Pharmacists: a patient-focused approach explores current pharmacy practice and extends into skills for emerging practice areas. The fundamentals of patient-centred care are addressed including communication skills, ethics and evidence-based practice, as well as skills to enhance patient interactions including planning and monitoring drug therapies, physical assessment skills and reviewing laboratory and diagnostic tests. This first Australian edition of the successful US title Clinical Skills for Pharmacists: a patient-focused approach 3e by Karen Tietze builds on the strength
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 16, 2015)
Subject Pharmacist and patient.
Clinical competence.
Pharmaceutical services.
Pharmacy -- Social aspects.
Clinical Competence
Pharmaceutical Services
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
Clinical competence
Pharmaceutical services
Pharmacist and patient
Pharmacy -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Firipis, Marnie, author
Tietze, Karen J., author
ISBN 9780729582285
0729582280