1st Edition

Dictionary of Pharmacy

Edited By Dennis Worthen Copyright 2004

    An ideal study/practice companion!

    The Dictionary of Pharmacy is the only English-language reference currently available that provides a comprehensive list of terms of special importance to pharmacy students, educators, and practitioners. This reliable, time-saving volume will serve anyone working in or studying the pharmaceutical sciences. The Dictionary of Pharmacy is a valuable, handy resource that you’ll refer to again and again.

    Compiled by a cast of educators from leading pharmacy schools headed by Dennis B. Worthen (author of Pharmacy in World War II, co-author of Pharmaceutical Education in the Queen City: 150 Years of Service 1850-2000, and former Director of Pharmacy Affairs for Procter & Gamble), this well-organized guide defines all of the jargon surrounding this ever-evolving field. In addition to a complete A-Z listing of definitions, you’ll find:

    • abbreviations
    • Latin terms
    • weights and measures
    • practice standards
    • the periodic table
    • the American Pharmacists Association’s Code of Ethics and Principles of Practice for Pharmaceutical Care
    • the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Pledge of Professionalism and Pharmacist’s Oath
    • lists of professional associations and organizations
    • lists of colleges of pharmacy in the United States and schools of pharmacy (and their faculties) in Canada
    From a- and a priori to zwitterion and zymogen, the Dictionary of Pharmacy covers the bases. With this one-of-a-kind study/practice companion, you—and your students—need never be stymied by pharmaceutical terminology again.

    • About the Editor in Chief
    • Contributing Editors
    • Acknowledgments
    • User’s Guide
    • Definitions
    • Abbreviations
    • Latin/Greek Terminology
    • Weights and Measures
    • U.S. Schools and Associations
    • Canadian Schools and Associations
    • Oath of a Pharmacist
    • Pledge of Professionalism
    • Code of Ethics for Pharmacists
    • Principles of Practice for Pharmaceutical Care

    Biography

    Dennis Worthen