Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy

Now fully updated for a second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy remains the indispensible guide to clinical pharmacy, providing all the information needed for practising and student pharmacists. Presenting handy practical guidance in a quick-reference, bullet-point format, it will supply the knowledge and confidence you need to provide a clinical pharmacy service.

The handbook includes information on controlled drugs, adverse drug reactions, interactions, communication skills, and confidentiality. It also features chapters on adherence, anaphylaxis, clinical trials, herbal medicines, patient management, pharmaceutical calculations, research, policy, and therapy related issues. Palliative care sections have been expanded to include symptom management and end-of-life pathways. Other new sections such as pharmacogenetics, thyroid disorders, and domiciliary oxygen therapy have been included. Complementing the current British National Formulary guidelines, the handbook gives prescribing points and linked concepts of relevance to clinical pharmacists. The content is evidence-based and contains a wealth of information from the authors' many years of clinical pharmacy experience.

Mel Snelling is Lead HIV and Infectious Diseases Pharmacist for the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, a post she has held since 1993. Mel studied Pharmacy at Chelsea College, London University then completed her pre-registration training at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. She then worked at Odstock Hospital in Salisbury before spending three years as Assistant Region Drug Information Pharmacist for Oxford Region Health Authority, during which time she completed an MPhil thesis on Risk Factors for Adverse Drug Reactions. During 2000 and 2001, Mel worked at Bugando Medical Centre, a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania, introducing a basic Clinical Pharmacy service to the hospital. She has maintained her African connections by training on HIV treatment and care in Uganda and South Africa.


Nicola Stoner is Lead Cancer Pharmacist for the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, where she leads a team of specialist pharmacists and technicians providing the clinical pharmacy service to the Cancer Directorate and Cancer Research UK. Nicola undertook a PhD in Antiemetics in Cancer Chemotherapy from 1990 to 1993. She commenced her clinical pharmacy career specializing in cancer pharmacy in a post part-funded by Cancer Research UK in 1990, and was one of the first specialist clinical pharmacists in the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. After completing her pre-registration training in Birmingham City Hospital, she completed her post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy part-time while working in the Oxford Hospitals. She is editor of the Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice and is currently undertaking her practice certificate in supplementary prescribing.