Drug Misuse and Community Pharmacy

List of contents

Part 1: Background. Opiate Addiction and the British System: Looking Back on the Twentieth Century and Trying to see its Shape in the Future. Drug Misuse and the Community Pharmacist: a Historical Overview. Part 2: Surveying the Situation. Reviewing the Situation - Pharmacists and Drug Misuse Services in England and Wales. Drug Misuse and Community Pharmacy in Scotland. Drug Misuse in Northern Ireland: the Role of the Community Pharmacist. Drug Users and Pharmacists: the Client Perspective. Part 3: Working with Drug Users. The History and Operation of Pharmacy Needle Exchanges. New Approaches to Dispensing Controlled Drugs: Supervised Consumption. Providing Health Care for Drug Users. Misuse Over-the-Counter Products. Part 4: Practical Matters - Training, Support and Shared Care. Legal and Ethical Considerations for Community Pharmacists. Training and Support for Pharmacists. Professional Conflicts for the Front-Line Community Pharmacist. Shared Care at the Primary and Secondary Interface: The Role of GPs and Specialist Drug Services. Part 5: The Way Forward. The Way Forward - Greater Specialism or More Generalism?

About the author

Janie Sheridan, John Strang

Summary

This book provides the reader with a grounding in the historical, research and practical aspects of the role of community pharmacy in the management of drug misuse.

Product details

• Assisted by: Janie Sheridan (Editor), Sheridan Janie (Editor), John Strang (Editor), Strang John (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2002
• EAN: 9780415282895
• ISBN: 978-0-415-28289-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 566 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Pharmacy, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Psychiatry, Biology, life sciences, Pharmaceutical technology, Pharmacy / dispensing, Pharmaceutical chemistry and technology