This book covers the rational scientific basis and practice of drug therapy. The book explores the psychological and medical areas that patients have a right to expect such as the maximum benefit with minimum risk. The range of general topics includes: benefits and risks, the public view of drugs and prescribers, complementary and conventional medicine. Also discussed is responsibility for drug-caused injury such as why drug therapy causes unavoidable risk. There are also discussions of the evaluation of medicines, ethics of drug research, the scientific basis of pharmacology, adverse drug reactions, and non-medical and social use of drugs.
... clinical areas. Carruthers SG, Hoffman BB, Melmon KL, Nierenberg DW, editors. Melmon and Morrelli's Clinical pharmacology. 4th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2000. This is the classic textbook of clinical pharmacology with introductory ...
Written by leading experts in academia, industry, clinical and regulatory settings, the fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to provide readers with an ideal reference on the wide range of important topics impacting clinical ...
Presented in an easy-to-use format, this eighth edition builds on the clinical relevance for which the title has become well-known, and features an up-to-date review of drug use across all major clinical disciplines, together with an ...
EDITION 10 Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology Constance G. Visovsky, PhD, RN, ACNP, FAAN Professor and Lewis & Leona Hughes Endowed Chair in Nursing Science College of Nursing University of South Florida Tampa, Florida Cheryl H.
This is achieved through self-contained topics, with concise text on the left and a diagram on the right to elaborate and reinforce the text.
Written in the award-winning Incredibly Easy! style, this book provides complete and clear explanations of how drugs act and interact in the treatment of disease.
18 19 Pain and analgesics ....................................288 Michael C. Lee, Mark Abrahams Anaesthesia and neuromuscular block .............................................................308 Jerry P. Nolan Mark Abrahams MB ChB DA ...
Throughout the text, practice questions, prescribing guidelines, and self-assessment tests clarify and reinforce the principles that inform appropriate clinical decision-making.
Presented in a highly visual style, this book offers an introduction to clinically relevant pharmacologic agents used in small and large animal practice.
The book has been designed for ease of use and is organised into short modules. As with other titles in the Instant Series, the accessible style of one topic per page is used, accompanied by clear illustrations.