Developing Your Prescribing Skills Edited by
Trudy Thomas MRPharmS, GPhC, MSc, BSc Head of Clinical and Professional Practice/Taught Postgraduate Programmes Lead Medway School of Pharmacy Universities of Greenwich and Kent, UK
london • Chicago
(RP) Pharmaceutical Press
Contents
Preface About the editor Contributors Abbreviations 1
Introduction to prescribing and this book Trudy Thomas Historical origins of prescribing 1 Prescribing today 2 The prescribing canvas 3 Safe prescribing 4 Effective prescribing 6 Principles of prescribing 7 Wh at this book is and isn't 7 How to use this book 8 References 10 Further reading/websites of interest 11
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Ă&#x;eing accountable for your prescrihing Derek Meadows
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A community pharmacy-basecl anticoagulatioll service
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Taking a good history 27 fane Colbert A simple repeat prescriptio!l request fm a practicc nurse prl'scribcr'!
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Consultations involving children Angela Black l'hysiotherapist prescrihing for a child with cerehral pa])\' Prioritising in polypharmacy Mike fenkinson A complex ca se in an olckr patient
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Practical prescribing in paediatrics Elizabeth Worthing The pharmacist's view of a complex case
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Monitoring prescribing Stuart Gill-Banham A case study from mental health
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Ethical decision making in prescribing Deborah fenner A case study in a palliative care setting
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Prescribing as part of a team Dehbie Smart and Trudy Thomas A primary care approach to diabetes
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Establishing partnerships with patients Greg Rogers A ca se involving a GP with special interest in epilepsy
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Influences on prescribing Hilary Pinnock A case of poorly controlled asthma in primary care
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Conclusion Trudy Thomas
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Index
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