The Student’s Guide to Social Pharmacy

The textbook “The Student’s Guide to Social Pharmacy” designed as per the syllabus of D.Pharm Part I bridges theory and practice to prepare the students for roles in health care community. It discusses the concepts of health, Indian health care policy, national health programmes, preventive care, vaccines, nutrition, microbiology, communicable diseases, psychosocial pharmacy, environmental health, and pharmacoeconomics, focusing on the roles of pharmacist in education, immunization, family planning, food safety, and emergency response against disease outbreaks. Case studies, descriptive topics, and practise questions prepare the student for examination and enable them to understand the difficult concepts. The textbook is useful for building the concept and preparing the student for better future.