S Balasubramanian

The term 'Pharmacy Practice' denotes both Community Pharmacy Practice and Hospital Pharmacy practice and hence all the matters relevant to both these Practices are covered in detail to help the budding pharmacists to choose and practice the carrier of their choice. As the pharmacy practice now is more patient-oriented than product Oriented, a new branch of Clinical Pharmacy Practice is included in Hospital Pharmacy Practice and that is dealt elaborately in this book so that students of Pharm. D can also find this book useful. The book has 21 chapters in all with model questions at the end of each chapter. Sub-headings of each chapter's content are given in the contents pages so that the readers can easily locate the topic they want to read.

This book has been written keeping in mind the background and understanding of B. Pharm and Pharm. D students of Indian Universities. As the subject matter is yet to be practiced in any large scale in Indian hospitals, theoretical aspects of the subject is written in a simple manner, so as the budding pharmacists can understand the basics of the subject and build upon it when they actually enter into the practice of hospital and clinical pharmacy. As the Pharm. D students are exposed to hospital training during their course, they will find it useful to apply the knowledge gathered from these topics. This book is presented in two parts. Part 1 covers almost all topics of Hospital Pharmacy practice prescribed by various Indian Universities and Pharmacy council of India. Part 2 provides overall view of most of the topics covered under Clinical Pharmacy. 45 Chapters in all are given in this book with model questions at the end of each chapter. Sub-headings of each chapter's content are given in the contents pages, so that the readers can easily locate the topic of their choice.