Stephens (clinical effectiveness and medicines management, Southampton U., UK) compiles 19 chapters that discuss key features of different areas of pharmacy practice in the UK hospital setting, for pharmacy undergraduates, graduates, and newly qualified pharmacists, as well as all hospital pharmacist departments and other healthcare professionals. A group of UK pharmacists address the National Health Service context, purchasing medicines, supply and automation, technical services, quality assurance, medicines information, clinical pharmacy, strategic medicines management, risks, community health services, information technology, research and development, workforce development, and managing services. This edition has been revised and updated, with new chapters on pharmacy in the acute independent sector, controlled drugs in hospital pharmacy, pharmacist prescribing, mental health, and consultant pharmacists. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)