Libri di Paul Rutter

Completely revised and updated throughout, this new edition of the best-selling title in community pharmacy continues to provide an essential reference for undergraduate and pre-registration pharmacy trainees. Features: new sections on menstrual bleeding and weight loss; clearly structured by basic anatomy, history-taking and body system; fully illustrated throughout; boxes throughout: trigger points indicative of referral; hints and tips; tables throughout: differential diagnosis (key questions for each condition); evidence-based OTC medication; practical prescribing; product selection; self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter; and expanded case studies at the end of each chapter.

Thoroughly updated and revised, this book is a clearly structured and colourfully illustrated guide to the differential diagnosis of symptoms commonly seen by community pharmacists. Organised by body system, each chapter begins with a system overview and a brief guide to history-taking. Each symptom or condition examined according to background; prevalence; aetiology; arriving at a differential diagnosis; questions to ask the patient, and conditions to eliminate. From reviews of the first edition 'Paul Rutter's timely book provides a well-structured guide to making differential diagnoses ...The comprehensive text is easy to read and there are many excellent illustrations ...All community pharmacists - whatever their experience - will find this book an excellent continuing professional development resource. I recommend it' - "The Pharmaceutical Journal".

This is a short, concise pocketbook giving the key points for the diagnosis, management and treatment of all the common ailments that community pharmacists and practice nurses see regularly. The information will be clearly presented with lists, boxes, tables and short algorithms.