Description

This is a must-have companion for medical students and junior doctors. This book of “Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics” provides concise yet thorough coverage of the principles of clinical pharmacology, the major characteristics of therapeutics, and the practical aspects of prescribing drugs to alleviate symptoms and to treat disease. Whether you are preparing for examinations or prescribing to patients, the tenth edition offers readers current and authoritative insight into the essential practical and clinical knowledge. Logically organised chapters allow for rapid location of key information, while examples of commonly encountered scenarios illustrate how and when to use drugs in clinical situations. Throughout the text, practice questions, prescribing guidelines, and self-assessment tests clarify and reinforce the principles that inform appropriate clinical decision-making. It Presents an up-to-date review of drug use across all major clinical disciplines and offers a timely overview of clinical drug trials and development. It also Provides new clinical scenarios to relate chapter content to real-life application and Contains colour-coded "Key Points" and "Prescribing Points" to highlight important information, it provides a clear and accessible overview of all the key prescribing topics needed for medical finals and beyond. Detailed coverage and discussion of pharmacology in a clinical context, combined with an easy-to-understand, readable style, helps improve and test understanding of pharmacological principles and reasoning on rotation and into the foundation years.