Patient Assessment in Clinical Pharmacy - A Comprehensive Guide

Updated and expanded from the highly successful first edition, 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, the second edition of 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.  
 

List of contents

Part I Introduction.-  Introduction to the Patient Care Process.- Principles of Patient Assessment.- Physical Assessment for Pharmacists.- Part II Symptom Assessment.- Headache Assessment.- Cough Assessment.- Nausea and Vomiting Assessment.- Diarrhea Assessment.- Constipation Assessment.-  Heartburn Assessment.- Fever Assessment.-  Dermatological Symptom Assessment.- Part III Chronic Illness Assessment.- Diabetes Mellitus Assessment.- Hypertension Assessment.- Heart Failure Assessment.- Asthma Assessment.- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment.- Epilepsy Assessment.- Osteoporosis Assessment.- Rheumatoid Arthritis Assessment.- Depression Assessment.- Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Assessment.- Part IV Specialized Assessment.- Pharmacokinetic Assessment.- Liver Function Assessment.- Kidney Function Assessment.- Infectious Disease Assessment.- Critical Care Assessment.- Assessment Considerations in Older Adults.- Assessment Considerations in Pediatric Patients.- Women s Health Assessment.- Anemia Assessment.- Assessment of Complex Patients.- Clinical Decision Making.

About the author

Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud, BSc (Pharm), MSc, PhD, FNCS
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Academic
University of Alberta
College of Health Sciences
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1
Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academic) at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta. He also practices as a neurocritical care clinical pharmacist at the University of Alberta Hospital. He earned his BSc (Pharm) and Master’s degree in Clinical Pharmacy from Ain Shams University, followed by a PhD in pharmacokinetics from the University of Alberta, and completed additional clinical research training at Harvard Medical School. With over 25 years of experience in pharmacy practice and research, Sherif has served in multiple roles as a clinician, researcher, educator, and leader. He teaches patient assessment skills across a variety of practice settings, and his approach has been recognized by students and peers as both unique and exceptional. His research focuses on how neurological injury and other patient-specific factors influence the action and disposition of medications, an important step toward advancing personalized pharmacotherapy. Throughout his career, Sherif has received numerous accolades, most recently being named the Canadian Pharmacist of the Year by the Canadian Pharmacists Association.

Summary

Updated and expanded from the highly successful first edition, 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, the second edition of 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.  
 

Product details

• Assisted by: Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud (Editor), Sherif Hanafy Mahmoud (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 16.01.2026
• EAN: 9783032100498
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3210049-8
• No. of pages: 468
• Illustrations: IV, 468 p. 69 illus., 63 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Pharmacy; Allgemeinmedizin / Familienmedizin, Pharmacy, General Practice and Family Medicine, Primary Care Medicine, Patient Care, patient assessment, clinical pharmacy, chronic illnesses assessment, symptoms assessment, Pharmacy practice