The basic knowledge of the subjects is needed, and is essential, to understand the principles apropos to the distribution of the prescribed and over-the-counter medicines to the nurse, patients and their representatives with prudent counselling. This book is unique as it presents a window to the reader, vis-à-vis the scope and applications of the concept of clinical pharmacy in hospital and community settings and apprises of several recent approaches towards better health care.
Salient Features
Covers all the topics included in the various approved syllabi of hospital, clinical and community pharmacy
Provides an integrated conceptual understanding of all the above components of pharmacy practice with relevant examples
Highlights the relevance of drug formulary and rational drug use concepts in modern-day pharmacy practice,
Explores recent additions in the field of pharmacy practice including pharmacovigilance, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics and social pharmacy
Provides recapitulation of the subject matter through relevant revision questions
Mohd. Aqil
Dr. Mohd. Aqil is Assistant Professor at Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, with 16 years of teaching and research experience in Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice. He completed his PhD in Pharmaceutics from Jamia Hamdard in 2002 and has since supervised four PhD theses and 20 MPharm dissertations.
He has published over 100 research papers in national and international journals and has co-authored five books. His work has been presented at numerous national and international conferences. He holds two Indian patents and is a life member of several professional organizations. In 2006, he was awarded the Scientist of the Year Award.
Dr. Aqil serves as the editor of the Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences. He was a Visiting Scientist at the School of Pharmacy, London, under the International Exchange of Scientists Programme of the Indian National Science Academy and the Royal Society, UK, in 2006. He also received the BOYSCAST fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, for a postdoctoral research assignment at the University of Queensland, Australia, in 2008.
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