Introduces the conceptual framework for pharmaceutical care. This book shows you how to apply economic, business, and societal models to understand it. It looks at the trends in healthcare that drive it. It also presents you the insights of selected pharmacists.

Pharmaceutical Care: Insights from Community Pharmacists introduces the conceptual framework for pharmaceutical care and shows how to apply economic, business, and societal models to better understand it, and they look at the trends in healthcare that drive it. Vignettes and interviews are the real strength of this book, delivering the insights of the pharmacists who were among the first to develop pharmaceutical care services. The authors also outline a seven-step process demonstrating how these professionals built innovative pharmacy practices in community settings. This is a motivating resource for those wishing to better understand the new patient-centered roles advocated by pharmacy leaders.

"This book is well written, extremely informative, and extensively referenced. The reader truly walks away with a better understanding of how to implement and maintain a successful pharmaceutical care based practice in a community environment. The strategies presented in the book are straightforward and easy to follow."-Maria G. Tanzi, Pharm.D., University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy