The Sixth Edition of this best-selling text includes updates to account for new legal, regulatory and policy developments. Pharmacy Practice and the Law, Sixth Edition provides background, history and discussion of the law so as to enable the student to not only learn the facts, but to help them understand, apply and critically evaluate the information. The issues covered in this text are discussed in non-legal, easy to understand language. Challenging open-ended discussion questions and edited cases are included in every chapter to facilitate discussion and critical thinking. Citations to all laws, court cases, regulations and other documents are provided. An online instructor’s manual is available. Pharmacy Practice and the Law, Sixth Edition, is a useful resource both for teaching the facts of pharmacy law and for stimulating critical thinking issues in pharmacy law.

The best-selling Pharmacy Practice and the Law, Eighth Edition reviews federal law and policy as it applies to and affects the pharmacist's practice.

Burns joins Abood for this edition of a law textbook for teaching the facts of pharmacy law, the background underpinning those facts, and critical thinking in the field. They have revised it to account for changes in law and practice and to incorporate suggestions from instructors who have used previous editions. Their topics are the law and the legal system; federal regulation of medications: development, production, and marketing; federal regulation of medications: dispensing; the closed system of controlled substance distribution; dispensing controlled substances; federal regulation of pharmacy practice; state regulation of pharmacy practice; and pharmacist malpractice and liability and risk management strategies.

Pharmacy Law and Practice, Fifth Edition provides a straightforward and useable guide for students, practitioners, academics and others interested in pharmacy law and practice in the United Kingdom. This multi-dimensional book includes discussions of socio-political influences on legal developments to provide greater insight to the reader. It clearly sets out the background to regulatory issues together with simple and practical statements of what a pharmacist has to do to obey the law. As in previous editions, this book discusses topics thematically rather than by statute. It is a unique and reader-friendly guide that boils down the complex or difficult language of the law, describes the reasons behind it, and illustrates the application to pharmacy practice. Thoroughly updated to reflect regulatory and legal developments in areas including employment law, online transactions and internet pharmacies, non-medical prescribing and more Takes an intuitive, problem-solving approach and discusses topics thematically rather than by statute to show how all of the larger pieces fit together The electronic version of this book contains valuable links to provide readers with the most current information in a rapidly changing subject area

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"Pharmacy Practice and the Law helps Pharmacy students understand and critically analyze the law that governs both the profession and the products they distribute. Abood/Burns includes the most up-to-date federal, legal, regulatory, and policy developments, as well as new developments to various medical/pharmaceutical programs"--

The Seventh Edition of this best-selling text includes updates to account for new legal, regulatory, and policy developments. Pharmacy Practice and the Law, Seventh Edition provides background, history, and discussion of the law to The Seventh Edition of this best-selling text includes updates to account for new legal, regulatory, and policy developments. Pharmacy Practice and the Law, Seventh Edition provides background, history, and discussion of the law to enable students not only to learn the facts, but to help them understand, apply, and critically evaluate the information and how it will affect their practice. Challenging open-ended discussion questions and edited cases are included in every chapter to facilitate discussion and critical thinking. Citations to all laws, court cases, regulations, and other documents are provided. Critical issues are discussed in non-legal, easy-to-understand language, and the newest edition features an accessible and engaging new, colorful layout to better highlight the important content as well as online support for better reader comprehension. Pharmacy Practice and the Law, Seventh Edition is the essential resource both for teaching the facts of pharmacy law and for stimulating critical thinking issues in pharmacy law. The Seventh Edition of this best-selling text includes updates to account for new legal, regulatory, and policy developments. Pharmacy Practice and the Law, Seventh Edition provides background, history, and discussion of the law to enable students not only to learn the facts, but to help them understand, apply, and critically evaluate the information and how it will affect their practice. Pharmacy Practice and the Law, Seventh Edition is the essential resource both for teaching the facts of pharmacy law and for stimulating critical thinking issues in pharmacy law. Features * Challenging open-ended discussion questions * Edited cases in each chapter * Citations and documentation for all laws, court cases, and regulations * Non-legal, easy-to-understand language is used to discuss critical issues * Accessible and engaging new, colorful layout * Online interactive activities to aid and enhance reader comprehension Instructor Resources: Case Studies, Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint Presentations, Test Bank Student Resources: Companion Website including: Case Studies, Crossword Puzzles, Interactive Flashcards, Interactive Glossary, Matching Exercises Each new printed textbook copy of Pharmacy Practice and the Law, Seventh Edition includes an access code card with login information for the accompanying Student Companion Website. For more information on the Companion Website or to purchase individual access click here. Available February 2013.