Chapter 1 Clinical Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacist 1
1.1 Pharmacy Education and Pharmacy Career in the United States 1
1.2 Clinical Pharmacy in the United States 4
1.3 Clinical Pharmacy Education and Clinical Pharmacist Practice in China 8
Chapter 2 Pharmacotherapy 14
2.1 Medication Classification and Overview of Prescription Practice＆History 14
2.2 Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention 24
2.3 Hypertension 39
2.4 Medication Management for Special Populations 55
2.5 Prescription Drug Information 73
Chapter 3 Drug Evaluation and Drug Safety 88
3.1 Adverse Drug Reaction 88
3.2 Safety and Clinical Evaluation of Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Management of Osteoarthritis 101
Chapter 4 Pharmacy Reference Books 110
4.1 Use of British National Formulary 110
4.2 Use of Martindale 132
Chapter 5 Documentation 147
5.1 Case Presentation 148
5.2 Patient's Interview and Assessment in Clinic 150
Chapter 6 Communication 157
6.1 Patient Communication 158
6.2 Professional Communication 166
6.3 Dialogues in Pharmacy 171
Chapter 7 Papers from Scientific Journals 184
7.1 Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of an SSRI vs Bupropion：Effects on Suicidal Behavior,Ideation,and Mood in Major Depression 184
7.2 Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised,Phase Ⅱ／Ⅲ Trials Adding Bevacizumab to Platinum-based Chemotherapy as First-line Treatment in Patients with Advanced Non-small- cell Lung Cancer 198
Chapter 8 English for International Conferences 215
8.1 Conference Agendas and Programs 215
8.2 Oral Presentation 225
8.3 Writing Scientific Posters 232
8.4 Chairing a Meeting 242
8.5 Welcome Message and Call for Abstract 249
8.6 Curriculum Vitae 256
8.7 Emails Used for International Meeting Correspondence 261
8.8 Telephone Conversations for International Conferences 267
8.9 Conversations in the Meeting 272
Appendix 1 Oral Presentation 278
Appendix 2 Commonly Used Medical Abbreviations 280