Forover 100 years, Remington has been the definitive textbook and reference on the science and practice of pharmacy. This Twenty-First Edition keeps pace with recent changes in the pharmacy curriculum and professional pharmacy practice.
More than 95 new contributors and 5 new section editors provide fresh perspectives on the field. New chapters include pharmacogenomics, application of ethical principles to practice dilemmas, technology and automation, professional communication, medication errors, re-engineering pharmacy practice, management of special risk medicines, specialization in pharmacy practice, disease state management, emergency patient care, and wound care.
For more than 100 years, Remington has been the definitive reference for all aspects of the science and practice of pharmacy and is used for pharmaceutics, therapeutics, and pharmacy practice courses in primary curricula. Since the first edition was published, pharmacists have used this book as a comprehensive one-stop reference.
Remington: The Science & Practice of Pharmacy is the most widely used textbook and reference work on pharmaceutical sciences in the nation. Publication of the text was begun as Practice of Pharmacy in 1886 by Joseph Price Remington, professor and later dean at the University. Subsequent to his death, the copyright to this text was assigned to the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (now Saint Joseph's University) by the heirs of Professor Remington.
Remington has provided a comprehensive source of knowledge about the science and practice of pharmacy. The book provides information to help both students and practitioners serve effectively as members of the health professions team. The 22nd edition was published in 2012.
This special bicentennial edition, edited by Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Adeboye Adejare Ph.D., celebrates 200 years since the founding of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1821. The founding of the college is regarded as the beginning of pharmacy education and modern pharmacy practice. The text also addresses modern challenges including COVID-19, substance use disorders and medical cannabis.
The 22nd edition of Remington offers a unique array of content in two volumes, covering pharmaceutical science and pharmaceutical practice. Its value is immense for students and practitioners in all areas of the discipline.
Karl Williams has been a professor of Pharmacy Ethics and Law at Wegmans School of Pharmacy faculty since 2007. His continuing professional mission is to provide students with the skill sets to improve public health through direct patient education about pharmacotherapy thus enabling optimal pharmacotherapy.
Williams earned his B.S. in Pharmacy from the State University at Buffalo. In addition, he has earned an M.S. from the University of Rochester Toxicology Training Program, J.D. from the University of Kentucky, and an MBA from St. John Fisher University.
He has delivered over 300 scholarly works and presentations. Topics include patient safety, risk minimization, professional practice, civil rights, labor, ethical corporate management, pharmacogenomics, and pharmacy education. Dr. Williams is a contributing member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pharmacy Practice. He holds licenses to practice pharmacy in New York, Kentucky, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Virginia, and admitted to the practice of law in New York and Kentucky.
Williams is active in numerous professional organizations, including the New York State Bar Association, the Pharmacy Society of Rochester, and the Rochester-area Society of Health System Pharmacists. In addition, he served as President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, and General Counsel to the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education.
For more than 100 years, Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy has been the definitive pharmacy reference. It covers the entire scope of pharmacy education from the history of pharmacy and ethics to the particulars of industrial pharmacy and pharmacy practice, making Remington the career companion all pharmacists should have. This 22nd edition has been fully revised and updated with an array of new content and is available in print, and online via MedicinesComplete.
Maine previously served as Senior Vice President for Policy, Planning, and Communication and in other roles at APhA from 1992 to 2002. She also served as Interim Dean, Associate Dean for Student/Alumni Affairs and Director of Professional Relations and Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Samford University School of Pharmacy from 1986 to 2001. Maine has delivered over 200 research and practice development programs during her time at AACP and APhA as well as commencement addresses at colleges and schools of pharmacy. She also has published numerous editorials, committee reports, research and professional articles, and book chapters.
Her previous awards from APhA include recognition as a Fellow of APhA in 2003 and the APhA Franke Mentorship Award in 2018, APhA Foundation Jacob Miller Award in 2009, and APhA Academy of Students of Pharmacy Linwood F. Tice Award in 2004. Maine also was inducted into the Alabama Pharmacy Hall of Fame in 2017 and recognized as a Fellow of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) in 2014, along with countless other honors. Maine received her pharmacy degree at Auburn University and her Kellogg Pharmaceutical Clinical Scientist Ph.D. in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota. Maine has also received honorary doctorates from Western University and Ohio Northern University.
The American Pharmacists Association, founded in 1852 as the American Pharmaceutical Association, is a 501 (c)(6) organization, representing more than 62,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and others interested in advancing the profession. APhA is dedicated to helping all pharmacists improve medication use and advance patient care and is the first-established and largest association of pharmacists in the United States. For more information, please visit
www.pharmacist.com.
Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links health sciences with pharmaceutical sciences and natural sciences. The professional practice is becoming more clinically oriented as most of the drugs are now manufactured by pharmaceutical industries. Based on the setting, pharmacy practice is either classified as community or institutional pharmacy. Providing direct patient care in the community of institutional pharmacies is considered clinical pharmacy.[1]
The scope of pharmacy practice includes more traditional roles such as compounding and dispensing of medications. It also includes more modern services related to health care including clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information with patient counselling. Pharmacists, therefore, are experts on drug therapy and are the primary health professionals who optimize the use of medication for the benefit of the patients.
An establishment in which pharmacy (in the first sense) is practiced is called a pharmacy (this term is more common in the United States) or chemists (which is more common in Great Britain, though pharmacy is also used).[citation needed] In the United States and Canada, drugstores commonly sell medicines, as well as miscellaneous items such as confectionery, cosmetics, office supplies, toys, hair care products and magazines, and occasionally refreshments and groceries.
In its investigation of herbal and chemical ingredients, the work of the apothecary may be regarded as a precursor of the modern sciences of chemistry and pharmacology, prior to the formulation of the scientific method.[citation needed]
The boundaries between these disciplines and with other sciences, such as biochemistry, are not always clear-cut.Often, collaborative teams from various disciplines (pharmacists and other scientists) work together toward the introduction of new therapeutics and methods for patient care. However, pharmacy is not a basic or biomedical science in its typical form. Medicinal chemistry is also a distinct branch of synthetic chemistry combining pharmacology, organic chemistry, and chemical biology.
Pharmacology is sometimes considered the fourth discipline of pharmacy. Although pharmacology is essential to the study of pharmacy, it is not specific to pharmacy. Both disciplines are distinct. Those who wish to practice both pharmacy (patient-oriented) and pharmacology (a biomedical science requiring the scientific method) receive separate training and degrees unique to either discipline.
Pharmacists are healthcare professionals with specialized education and training who perform various roles to ensure optimal health outcomes for their patients through the quality use of medicines. Pharmacists may also be small business proprietors, owning the pharmacy in which they practice. Since pharmacists know about the mode of action of a particular drug, and its metabolism and physiological effects on the human body in great detail, they play an important role in optimization of drug treatment for an individual.
Pharmacists are represented internationally by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), an NGO linked with World Health Organization (WHO). They are represented at the national level by professional organisations such as the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in the UK, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA), Indian Pharmacist Association (IPA), Pakistan Pharmacists Association (PPA), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS).[4]
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