PharmacyTextbook2025
Community Pharmacy, 6th edition — recognising, treating and referring the conditions seen at the counter
Paul Rutter’s Community Pharmacy: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment, 6th Edition (Elsevier, April 2025) helps pharmacists decide whether to treat or refer. Organised by body system across 432 illustrated pages, it covers respiratory, ear, eye, gut and skin presentations with differential diagnosis, red flags, product choice and practical prescribing. This edition adds twenty conditions and new chapters on clinical reasoning, consultation models, making a diagnosis and general health, with revised case studies and end-of-chapter self-assessment.
- 432pages
- 20new conditions
- 6thedition
- Apr 2025published
What you’ll be able to do
- Assess common minor ailments systematically
- Spot red flags that need referral
- Select appropriate OTC and prescribed treatment
- Use consultation models and clinical reasoning
Inside the book
Body system by body system
Each chapter pairs pictures and referral criteria with treatment summaries, then tests you with questions and worked cases.
Built for
- Pharmacy studentsAligned with the current curriculum.
- Community and primary care pharmacistsExpanding prescribing roles.
Before you buy
Do I get CME credit or a certificate?
No. Clinicapedia provides the educational content only — no CME or CE credits, MOC points or certificates of completion are included with this product.
Specifications
| Format | Original publisher PDF |
|---|---|
| Author | Paul Rutter, PhD |
| Edition | 6th, 7 April 2025 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0443246197 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Department | Family Medicine |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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