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Pharmacy

Nau mai, Haere mai ki te Whare Mātauranga. Welcome to our Pharmacy Subject Guide. Use this guide as a starting point to find good, reliable information for your research and studies.

Standards New Zealand

Standards New Zealand
Find Pharmacy NZS 8134:2008 and other related health & medicine standards.

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New Zealand health laws

New Zealand Legislation
Use the quick search box. Type in health and click on the relevant title.
Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
Medicines Act 1981
Ministry of Health: Medicines Act 1981

Standards and guidelines

Websites

Ministry of Health: Medicines control
MEDSAFE: Guidelines
MEDSAFE is responsible for the regulation of medicines and medical devices in New Zealand, and the safe use of medicines.
Health Quality and Safety Commission NZ
ACC: Clinical best practice
Medicines New Zealand: Code of Practice

Websites: Pharmacovigilance links

Key text

Pharmaceutical practice by Judith A. Rees et al.
Publication Date: 2014

Useful chapters:
Chapter 7 Ethics the theory
Chapter 8 Ethics in practice and ethical dilemmas

Articles

Medicines information in New Zealand: Current services and future potential

Books on the shelf

Use the Library's Distant Services to request these books.

Pharmacy law: Guidebook by Sanya Ram et al.
Dewey Number: 344.0416 RAM
Publication Date: 2014
Health professionals and trust by Mark Henaghan
Dewey Number: 344.041 HEA
Publication Date: 2011
Skills for pharmacists : A patient-focused approach by Greg Kyle et al.
Dewey Number: 615.1 KYL
Publication Date: 2015
Medicines, ethics and practice: The professional guide for pharmacists by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Dewey Number: 174.2951 ROY
Publication Date: 2014

Last Updated: Dec 7, 2017 10:56 AM
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Subjects: Health studies, Pharmacy