This is a new edition of the standard recommended text for pre-registration pharmacists. It has been totally rewritten and updated and covers the dispensing of medicines and the relationship with the patient. Chapters include: dispensing techniques; calculations; packaging; storage; the prescription; roles of administration and dosage forms; and for this edition more on counselling, health promotion and health education. Features: * NEW CHAPTERS ON: * Health promotion and health education * Formularies * Drug supply and distribution * Pharmacoeconomics * Clinical pharmacy in hospital and community * Residential homes * Current problems, eg. needle exchange, hospital at home * Professional audit * Much more concerned with the role of the pharmacist in providing care to the patient with a new section on pharmacy in society, covering: * Social and psyschological aspects of pharmacy * Communication skills for the pharmacist * Meeting the needs of the patients * Fully revised and updated classic textbook * New and more attractive page design with chapter summary boxes * More coverage of the pharmacist in society