This comprehensive, first-of-its kind title is an indispensable resource for pharmacists looking to learn or improve crucial patient assessment skills relevant to all pharmacy practice settings. Pharmacists' role as health care practitioners is evolving as they are taking a more active part in primary patient care -- helping patients manage their medications and diseases, providing patient education, and, in some jurisdictions, prescribing and adapting medications.  To perform their day-to-day duties, pharmacists are best-served using a framework called the patient care process. This framework involves three steps: patient assessment; care plan development and implementation; and monitoring and follow up. Organized in four parts, this practical book begins with introductory chapters regarding the basics of patient assessment and the patient care process. Part II includes a detailed assessment of common symptoms encountered by pharmacists.  Part III discusses assessment of patients with various chronic illnesses.  Part IV addresses select specialized topics and assessment considerations.  An invaluable contribution to the literature, Patient Assessment in Clinical Pharmacy: A Comprehensive Guide will be of great benefit to pharmacists, regardless of their practice setting, and to pharmacy students as well.  

<p>Chapter 1. Introduction to the Patient Care Process

Chapter 2. Principles of Patient Assessment
Chapter 3. Physical Assessment for Pharmacists
Chapter 4. Headache
Chapter 5. Cough
Chapter 6. Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 7. Diarrhea.- Chapter 8. Constipation
Chapter 9. Heartburn
Chapter 10. Fever
Chapter 11. Dermatological Symptom Assessment
Chapter 12. Diabetes Mellitus.- Chapter 13. Hypertension.- Chapter 14. Heart Failure
Chapter 15. Asthma
Chapter 16. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 17. Epilepsy
Chapter 18. Osteoporosis
Chapter 19. Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Chapter 20. Depression
Chapter 21. Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
Chapter 22. Pharmacokinetic Assessment.- Chapter 23. Liver Function Assessment
Chapter 24. Kidney Function Assessment.- Chapter 25. Infectious Disease Assessment
Chapter 26. Critical Care Assessment
Chapter 27. Assessment Considerations in Older Adults
Chapter 28. Assessment Considerations in Pediatric Patients.-Chapter 29. Women's Health.- Chapter 30. Anemia Assessment.</p><p></p>