Overview
This innovative text equips pharmacists and pharmacy students with the skills to assist patients in managing existing conditions and controlling the development of preventable disorders. The text demonstrates how important lifestyle modification strategies—including nutrition, physical activity, weight control, and smoking cessation—can be used in a pharmacy setting to improve patients' well-being.
Case studies show how lifestyle modifications can positively impact patients with chronic diseases. Chapters explain how lifestyle modification strategies might be different for children, adolescents, older adults, women, and minorities. The book includes detailed instructions for writing wellness plans for patients who have, or are at risk for, certain chronic diseases.
Synopsis
This innovative text equips pharmacists and pharmacy students with the skills to assist patients in managing existing conditions and controlling the development of preventable disorders. The text demonstrates how important lifestyle modification strategies—including nutrition, physical activity, weight control, and smoking cessation—can be used in a pharmacy setting to improve patients' well-being.
Case studies show how lifestyle modifications can positively impact patients with chronic diseases. Chapters explain how lifestyle modification strategies might be different for children, adolescents, older adults, women, and minorities. The book includes detailed instructions for writing wellness plans for patients who have, or are at risk for, certain chronic diseases.
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Reviewer:Mirza E Perez, PharmD(Temple University School of Pharmacy)
Description:This book describes the main lifestyle modifications (nutrition, exercise, weight control, smoking cessation, etc.) important for prevention of chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, and others.
Purpose:The main objective of this book is to provide pharmacists and pharmacy students with the skills needed to counsel patients about lifestyle modification strategies to reduce the risk of certain diseases. These are worthy objectives that are met by the author.
Audience:Although written for all pharmacists and pharmacy students, the book can be useful to other healthcare professionals interested in the topic of disease prevention.
Features:The first five chapters review the different lifestyle modifications and the remaining chapters review how these strategies can be applied to different disease states. The book provides practical applications and uses tables to summarize key points and cases at the end of most chapters to review what is being discussed. The answers for the cases are in the appendix.
Assessment:This is a good reference for all healthcare professionals. It summarizes lifestyle modifications, provides practical applications, and is up to date with current guidelines. The book is unique in its emphasis on how pharmacists can apply these concepts.
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Reviewer: Mirza E Perez, PharmD(Temple University School of Pharmacy)Description: This book describes the main lifestyle modifications (nutrition, exercise, weight control, smoking cessation, etc.) important for prevention of chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, and others.
Purpose: The main objective of this book is to provide pharmacists and pharmacy students with the skills needed to counsel patients about lifestyle modification strategies to reduce the risk of certain diseases. These are worthy objectives that are met by the author.
Audience: Although written for all pharmacists and pharmacy students, the book can be useful to other healthcare professionals interested in the topic of disease prevention.
Features: The first five chapters review the different lifestyle modifications and the remaining chapters review how these strategies can be applied to different disease states. The book provides practical applications and uses tables to summarize key points and cases at the end of most chapters to review what is being discussed. The answers for the cases are in the appendix.
Assessment: This is a good reference for all healthcare professionals. It summarizes lifestyle modifications, provides practical applications, and is up to date with current guidelines. The book is unique in its emphasis on how pharmacists can apply these concepts.