Publications

Pharmaceutical Care Practice: The Clinician's Guide Authors: Robert J. Cipolle, Linda M. Strand and Peter C. Morley Description: The most practical approach to pharmaceutical care! Provides all the principles and practice components for the pharmaceutical care practice course in the pharmacy curriculum. Thoroughly revised and updated, this edition includes expanded coverage of reimbursement, documentation and data models associated with the practice. Purchase: To purchase this book, visit the publisher's web site.

Book Reviews:

"A catalyst of change"
by Douglas Simpson, editor of The Independent Community Pharmacist

Pharmaceutical care practice (second edition): the clinician's guide. By Robert J. Cipolle, Linda M. Strand and Peter C. Morley. Pp xx + 394. Price #39.99. New York: McGraw-Hill (available in UK via McGraw-Hill Publishing Co, Maidenhead SL6 2QL), 2004. ISBN 0-07-136259-2

The clue to the objective of this important new book is in its title. The first edition, published in 1998, was just called "Pharmaceutical care practice." This time the phrase "the clinician's guide" now appears on the cover along with the main title. The first book was somewhat abstract, concerned more with the theory and politics of progressing a new way for pharmacists to practise (new for pharmacists, that is, but not other health professionals). The second edition is aimed at practitioners and is intended for their direct use. This is an intentional change on the part of the authors and I am sure it is a correct one. The need for improvement in the way that patients use their medicines is well recognised at government level. What is now needed is practical means of achieving that end in a concerted way. This book addresses that need.

But while the publication may have changed, the underlying philosophy has not. This is that a practitioner (preferably a pharmacist) should assume responsibility for a patient's drug-related needs and be held accountable for this commitment. This is the way that pharmaceutical care practice is defined. And this is what the authors, who are based at the Peters Institute of Pharmaceutical Care in the University of Minnesota, have spent their professional lives seeking to promote.

Cipolle, Strand and Morley see pharmaceutical care as a generalist practice with the pharmaceutical care practitioner assessing "all of a patient's medications, medical conditions and outcome parameters" and identifying, resolving and preventing "drug therapy problems."

The book describes how pharmacists should go about practising in this way. It sets out the role of the practitioner and that of the patient. It explains how to carry out an assessment of the patient's drug-related needs and categorises drug therapy problems and says how they can be identified. It gives details on the drawing up of a care plan with the patient and how this should be followed up.

Many pharmacists in England and Wales will be adopting the principles involved in pharmaceutical care practice as they carry out "medicines use reviews" and "medication reviews" under the new contract. Pharmacists in Scotland will be doing this increasingly, too, as the pharmaceutical care pilots become more widespread. All would be well advised to prepare themselves by acquiring books such as this.

Pharmacists will have to change their mind set. They are going to have to see the dispensing of a prescription as the start of a process. This will not be a voluntary thing. Patients expectations will increase through medicines use review and similar developments.

The revolution has begun. It may be a little slow at first, but it will gain momentum. Books such as this are an important catalyst of change.

Pharmaceutical Care Practice: The Clinician's Guide, 2nd Edition
McGraw-Hill Companies, 2004, $59.95
Doody's Rating:
Reviewer: Tanya C. Knight-Klimas, PharmD, CGP (Temple University School of Pharmacy)

Description:
This book is a valuable tool for prospective, new, and even seasoned pharmacists seeking to establish or advance their clinical practice. It offers a complete guide for ambitious pharmacists who want to care for patients well, from the internalization of the pharmaceutical care concept to the effective implementation of pharmaceutical care practice.

Purpose:
The purpose of this guide is to impart to pharmacists the knowledge and skills that are required for pharmaceutical care to be learned, practiced and taught. Instilling this is absolutely necessary in the training of prospective clinicians, yet it is very difficult to accomplish in one class, book, or experience. The authors amazingly wrap their arms around this difficult to teach topic and tame it with clear, concise explanations, examples and instructions in a single guide.

Audience:
This book can serve well any pharmacist seeking to begin or improve their clinical practice regardless of their specialty. Pharmacy students hoping to enter clinical practice, pharmacy residents, young academicians and clinicians, as well as seasoned pharmacists can benefit from the tools in this guide, written by authors who have helped pioneer the field of pharmaceutical care.

Features:
This is a complete guide to the learning, practice and teaching of pharmaceutical care. The book covers everything from the language of pharmaceutical care, all the way to the development of a pharmaceutical care practice and everything in between, including the clinical, economic, and ethical components of practice. The authors do a great job of delineating the specific roles of the practitioner and patient, and they give specific tips to help readers acquire the knowledge and skills needed for practice. A checklist of key concepts and a list of exercises in each chapter contribute to the success of this book.

Assessment:
This is as complete a guide to the practice of pharmaceutical care that one can find in one book. Many of us learn, practice, and teach components of this in our work, but it is rare to find all of this information under one roof. This book should be a part of every clinician's library.

Score:
Weighted Numerical Score: 85

Articles

The Impact of Pharmaceutical Care Practice on the Practitioner and the Patient in the Ambulatory Practice Setting: Twenty-five Years of Experience (PDF)
Cipolle RJ, Strand LM, Morley PC, Frakes MJ
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Bentham Science Publishers, The Netherlands
Spring 2004

Quality assessment of a collaborative approach for decreasing drug-related morbidity and achieving therapeutic goals. (PDF)
Isetts BJ, Brown LM, Schondelmeyer SW, Lenarz LA.
Arch Intern Med. 2003 Aug 11-25;163(15):1813-20.

Pharmaceutical Care: The Minnesota Model (PDF)
Simpson, Douglas.
The Pharmaceutical Journal. 1997;258(6949):899-904.

Q and A from the Pharmaceutical Care Project (PDF)
Tomechko MA, Strand LM, Morley PC, Cipolle RJ.
Am Pharm. 1995;NS35(4):30-39 (April).

Pharmaceutical Care: An Introduction. Current Concepts (PDF)
Strand LM, Cipolle RJ, Morley PC.
The Upjohn Company. 1992.

Levels of pharmaceutical care: A needs based approach (PDF)
Strand LM, Cipolle RJ, Morley PC, Perrier DA.
Am J Hosp Pharm. 1991;48:547-50.

Opportunities and responsibilities in pharmaceutical care (PDF)
Hepler CD, Strand LM.
Am J Hosp Pharm.1990:47;533-43 and Am J Pharm Ed. 1990:53(Winter Supplement);75-155.

Drug-related problems: Their structure and their function (PDF)
Strand LM, Cipolle RJ, Morley PC.
Drug Intel Clin Pharm. 1990:24:1093-7.

Documenting the clinical pharmacist's activities: back to basics (PDF)
Strand LM, Cipolle RJ, Morley PC.
Drug Intell Clin Pharm. 1988;22(1):63-67.

In pursuit of scholarship: The 'raw nerve' of the academy (PDF)
Strand LM
Am J Pharm Ed. 1988; (52):348-350.

A problem-based, student-centered approach to pharmacy education (PDF)
Strand LM, Morley PC, Cipolle RJ.
Am J Pharm Educ. 1987;51:75-79.

Evolving health care systems: Academic implications for teaching methodologies with emphasis on administration and practice (PDF)
Strand LM, Morley PC.
Am J Pharm Educ. 1987; 51(4):402-406.

Drugs Don't Have Doses ... People Have Doses (PDF)
Cipolle RJ
Drug Intelligence and Clinical Pharmacy. 1986; 20(10): 881-882.

Pharmacotherapy Workup Notes (link)

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