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Pharmacy and the U.S. health care system
- Title
- Pharmacy and the U.S. health care system / Michael Ira Smith, Albert I. Wertheimer, Jack E. Fincham, editors.
- Publication
- New York : Pharmaceutical Products Press, [2005], ©2005.
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- Description
- xxiv, 476 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Pharmacy and the U.S. Health Care System has been used to prepare pharmacists for independent practice in today's unpredictable environment since the first edition was published in 1991. This new edition is now streamlined and tailored for a one-semester course, completely updated with the most recent data, statistics, and emerging issues relevant to today's pharmacy professional, with new chapters devoted to the political realities of the industry and the future of pharmacy."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreward / John A. Gans -- Ch. 1. Health and health care in the United States / David M. Scott -- Ch. 2. Financing health care in the United States / Lon N. Larson -- Ch. 3. Managed care and pharmacy services / Kenneth W. Schafermeyer -- Ch. 4. The health professions / Albert I. Wertheimer -- Ch. 5. Pharmacists in the U.S. health care system / Craig A. Pedersen -- Ch. 6. Pharmacy organizations / Joseph Thomas III -- Ch. 7. Emerging roles / Richard J. Bertin -- Ch. 8. Political realities of pharmacy / Robert I. Field -- Ch. 9. Hospital and health care institutions / Charles E. Daniels -- Ch. 10. Pharmacist involvement in long-term care for seniors / Tanya C. Knight-Klimas and Richard G. Stefanacci -- Ch. 11. The pharmaceutical research manufacturing industry / Patrick McKercher -- Ch. 12. Drug distribution / Sheryl L. Szeinbach and Earlene E. Lipowski -- Ch. 13. The consumers of health care / Somnath Pal, Damary Castanheira Torres and Maria Marzella Sulli -- Ch. 14. The drug-use process / Jack E. Fincham -- Ch. 15. Provisions of care to subpopulations : a cultural perspective / Eucharia E. Nnadi -- Ch. 16. New technologies : understanding the basics of biotechnology / Nicholas Bartone, Robert J. Amend, Richard S. Hurd and Sandip Singh -- Ch. 17. Unresolved issues in pharmacy / William A. Zellmer -- Ch. 18. Pharmacy looks to the future / Jon C. Schommer, Richard R. Cline, Tom A. Larson, Donald L. Uden, Ronald S. Hadsall and Stephen W. Schondelmeyer.
- ISBN
- 0789018756 (hard : alk. paper)
- 0789018764 (soft : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005000344
- 9780789018755
- 9780789018762
- OCLC
- ocm57405371
- SCSB-5204041
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries