Volume 19 Issue 1, January–February 2009

Editorial
Do we need to reappraise our discharge medicines policies and approaches?
Duncan Petty

White paper
The White Paper will give pharmacists new opportunities to redefine pharmaceutical care provision — if they are prepared to embrace the challenge
Michael Holden and Deborah Evans

Quality assessment
Improving the patients' discharge experience is an important pharmacy goal
Raliat Onatade and Reena Mehta

Special cardiovascular section
The management of atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention
Gurpreet Virdi and Sotiris Antoniou
How best to undertake a review of atrial fibrillation medicines
Jyoti Sood

Therapeutic options
Pharmacological management of chronic kidney disease and its complications
Christopher Brown

Antibiotic prescribing
When managing infections in primary care consideration must be given to address how to implement change
Catherine Lowe and Adrian Penney

HIV medication delivery
Offering a home delivery service for HIV medication can increase patient choice
Sheena Castelino, Lisa Hurley, Tiziana Malavasi,
C. Alice Oborne