Product Description

Pharmacy students and practitioners now have increased responsibilities in the areas of prescribing and treatment. Modern therapeutics requires an understanding of the disease process, clinical pharmacology and the supporting evidence from scientifically designed clinical trials.

The process of selecting optimal drug regimens is a team effort and depends upon the skills of pharmacists working with physicians, nurses and other health care professionals.

This multi-author text, written by pharmacists and physicians, is suitable for those who work in both primary and secondary care. It provides a complete and detailed account of all major aspects of therapeutics and rational drug use in a readable and attractive style.

It is a key text for all pharmacists and will also be of interest to medical students, nurses and other health care professionals involved in the therapeutics team.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #72753 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 880 pages

Customer Reviews

An essential text book for final year Pharmacy students!
This book will be useful to all final year Pharmacy students, it has detailed chapters on all of the areas covered in the Clinical Modules. With topics ranging from chronic renal failure to ischaemic heart disease.

The chapters intoduce the topic, they discuss symptoms, causes, epidemiology and drug treatment available. At the end of each chapter there are some well written case studies,with questions and answers to illustrate the topic of the chapter. These put the learning into practice and are very good reading for exam revision.

The book is overall very readable and contains many illustrations, tables and graphs which aid your learning. It will also be a useful tool for the Pre-Reg year, especially for those entering Hospital Pharmacy.