OPINION

Editorial
Whither pharmaceutical care?
Blair Jarvis

Letters
Julie Tam, Robert Craigiel

Continuing education
Obesity and overweight: Assessment and weight-reduction interventions based on level of risk
Claudia S. Lai

Pharmacy practice research
Should warfarin and Ginko biloba be taken together? Responses from community pharmacists and health store personnel to an interaction query
Paul S. Melnyk, Yvonne M. Shevchuk, Millie Sue

Motherisk Update
Use of warfarin during pregnancy
Shirin Abadi, Adrienne Einarson, Gideon Koren

DEPARTMENTS
Journal Club
Effectiveness of pharmaceutical care
Product Pipeline
Avapro

Ask Your Pharmacist
Drug interactions with grapefruit
HRT revisited
Mirella Giudice

Focus on Patient Care
Antipsychotic-induced weight gain
Jean Ji Hyun Kwon

Alternative Medicine
Passionflower
Mario Bédard

Web Wise
Clinical evidence on the Net
Dale Wright

Focus on Error Prevention
Ambiguous instructions
Ian Stewart

PULSE - Pharmacy News This Month

Prescribing rights
Alberta pharmacists have the support of Health Minister Gary Mar in their bid for limited prescribing rights.

Physician sampling
A Halifax company has introduced a system to replace product samples in physicians' offices.

Legal liability
As pharmacists expand practice to include cognitive services, the added responsibility may mean more litigation.

Emergency contraception
Quebec pharmacists are providing ECP without a physician's prescription at increasing rates, but they are still not being paid for the service.

Research network
McMaster researchers are proposing a network of professionals, including pharmacists, to improve medication use in seniors.

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