Completely revised and updated throughout, this new edition of the best-selling title in community pharmacy continues to provide an essential reference for undergraduate and pre-registration pharmacy trainees. Features: New sections on menstrual bleeding and weight loss. Clearly structured by basic anatomy, history-taking and body system. Fully illustrated throughout. Boxes throughout: trigger points indicative of referral; hints and tips. Tables throughout: differential diagnosis (key questions for each condition); evidence-based OTC medication; practical prescribing; product selection. Self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter. Expanded case studies at the end of each chapter Covers all the most common conditions and gives evidence to back up over-the-counter (OTC) recommendations.Puts the presenting symptoms into the primary-care context.Suggests which questions to ask to narrow down the possible diagnoses.Gives schematic summaries of how to arrive at a diagnosis.Evidence-based boxes as a guide for OTC medication.Practical prescribing summary tables.Hints and tips boxes for product use.Self-assessment sections.Case studies at the end of chapters.Colour images of important conditions.Chapter on specific product requests.Useful websites.

Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier

Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd

Elsevier Science Ltd

W B Saunders Co Ltd

Elsevier Inc., Health Sciences Division, Edinburgh, 2013

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

3rd ed, London, 2013

Provides a reference for undergraduate and pre-registration pharmacy trainees. This title features: sections on menstrual bleeding and weight loss; clearly structured by basic anatomy, history-taking and body system; illustrated throughout; boxes throughout: trigger points indicative of referral; and hints and tips.

2025-12-07