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The Pharmaceutical Journal, November 17, 2001

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Leading Article   
   Regulation and professional development [more]
   Statins for everyone [more]

News & Features   
   News (including news in brief)
   Compulsory guidelines aim to stop intrathecal chemotherapy disasters [more]

Letters   
   Letters to the Editor

Continuing education   
   Motor neurone disease: (2) Management of the condition
   »(PDF*, 65K)

Articles   
   Improving medicines management in the over-75s in Grampian
   »(PDF*, 60K)
   Sowing the seeds for pharmaceutical care: developments in undergraduate clinical teaching at Liverpool school of pharmacy
   »(PDF*, 60K)

Meetings   
   Royal Society of Medicine / Rpyal College of Psychiatrists [more]

Onlooker

The Society   
   News
   Official notices

Notice-board
   Branch meetings
   Future events
   Conferences
and more

Products


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Front Cover Picture
This week's front cover picture (Christopher Icha) illustrates our news feature which looks at new guidelines introduced by the Department of Health on the safe administration of intrathecal chemotherapy.

Statins reduce cardiovascular risk
The results of a study show that treatment with statins in people at risk of vascular disease reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Roles of the Society
A recent NHS Bill recognises the joint professional and regulatory roles of the Society.
See also Commentand Society's view.

Diagnostic testing
Diagnostic testing offers benefits but needs funding.

Motor neurone disease
This second article on motor neurone disease focuses on disease management and provides an insight into the role of various multidisciplinary team members.

Medicines management
An article this week describes the multidisciplinary development in Grampian of standard assessment sheets, and an associated information package, to improve medicines management in the over-75s.


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