This new book is derived from its parent volume Pharmacy Practice and is a succinct, focused guide to pharmaceutical preparations and calculations. Covering everything from calculations to routes of administration dosage forms, it provides pharmacy students with everything they need to know about the maths and methodologies essential to good exam preparation and the safe, effective practice of pharmacy.

• Each chapter begins with Study Points and ends with Key Points to reinforce learning.
• Appendices include medical abbreviations, Latin terms and abbreviations, systems of weights and measurements and presentation skills.
• Some chapters also carry self-assessment questions for more complex areas of pharmaceutical practice.