This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed. For courses in pharmacology for health professions. Making sense of pharmacology Understanding Pharmacology for Health Professionals simplifies the vast world of drugs and pharmaceuticals. It groups drug categories by therapeutic effects and the disease they're used to treat, while streamlining drug data through an A-Z Drug Reference and other resources. The fully updated 6th edition has been condensed into a 15-chapter text, to better accommodate a 16-week semester schedule and to let students focus on just one chapter per week. New see-and-say drug pronunciations, word part and meaning boxes, and enhanced activities further stimulate students' interest in and retention of the material.