Understanding Medical Terms: A Guide for Pharmacy Practice, Second Edition / Edition 2

ISBN-13: 9781566765954 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 07/16/1998 Series: Pharmacy Education Series Edition description: REV Pages: 436 Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d) PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITIONThe need for a thorough understanding of medical terminology has not diminished in the least for pharmacists and other health care practitioners in the five years between the publication of the first edition of this book and this second edition. If anything, it has become greater. The pharmacy profession has further solidified its clinical role in patient care, and pharmacists are more entrenched than ever before in the role of counselor and advisor to both patients and practitioners alike. For more than a few pharmacists, what not long ago was an occasional question from a physician about appropriate drug therapy has become regular consultation concerning the interaction of drugs with the patient, his life, and the many other therapies he may be facing. Pharma