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The concept of pharmaceutical care is now well accepted. It stipulates that all healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, take responsibility for the positive outcome of drug therapy for the patients. The concept encompasses a variety of services and functions, which are new to the pharmacy profession. With the advent of healthcare services, the focus of healthcare delivery has shifted from product to patient. The once doctor-centric scenario has now changed to patient- centric scenario. This has rapidly made pharmacists all over the world to adopt patient care as one of their major responsibilities. In order to cope with this changing scenario, the book has been written to prepare the present day pharmacist and the coming generations, to adopt the change in their practice and induct new services for the benefit of the community at large. They will need to acquire new skills like communication, patient counseling, knowledge about drug-drug interactions, ADR, new drug delivery systems and new devices. For further benefit of the community the new generation pharmacist, will also have knowledge about household poisoning, the needs of the elderly and even about the dangers of addiction to drugs. All these skills will greatly expand the role of a pharmacist. He will no longer be a dispenser of pre-packaged medicines, but a knowledgeable person in various disciplines of pharmacy. Only then he will truly become an integral part of the healthcare delivery team. The various chapters in the book cover these important topics, which will help the pharmacist to acquire the new skills. With the introduction of clinically oriented Pharm D. programme in India by the Pharmacy Council of India, and already existing post graduate courses in clinical pharmacy, hospital pharmacy and community pharmacy, the book will render timely help to the teachers and students of these new courses. In addition, it is also hoped that the present community pharmacists can use this book to improve their knowledge and practicing skills and become up-to-date with the changing scenario.