filling prescriptions. The chapters correspond to particular disease states, summarizing the key characteristics and concerns with the associated drugs. At the core of the learning experience are patient cases in which students assume the role of the dispensing pharmacist or pharmacy technician. Each case presents a new patient and a new prescription to fill. Students must first assess the completeness of the patient profile and then evaluate possible complications. Each chapter features at least 20 cases. Students also learn how to counsel patients based on their prescription orders and drug and social histories. NEW TO THIS EDITION: All of the prescriptions in the text have been reviewed for currency and revised with the latest information. More than 350 new prescriptions have been added to the book to give students experience with a broader range of drugs. Puzzles and Problems appendix asks students to evaluate 36 prescriptions that are difficult to decipher or, if filled as written, could be harmful. New Answer Key available on the text's thePoint site provides Pharmacy instructors with detailed, suggested responses to each case found within the textbook.

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