Drugs In Use, 4th Edition
by Linda J. Dodds /
2009 / English / PDF
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This revised fourth edition of "Drugs in Use" presents a series of
clinical case studies to illustrate how pharmacists can optimise
drug therapy in response to the needs of individual patients.
Patient information is interspersed with questions and answers
suitable for self-study or group discussion and a pharmaceutical
care plan is included within each chapter. The cases included
address situations which are commonly encountered or associated
with particular difficulties in treatment individualisation. Those
in which major advances in therapeutics have recently occurred are
also covered. All case studies from the previous edition have been
updated and revised, and new chapters have been included on the
following: eczema; psoriasis; Crohn's disease; oncology; and,
substance misuse. Translating the knowledge acquired during
undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy courses into the clinical
skills required to optimise the therapy of patients can seem a
daunting task. This book was conceived as a method of helping
pharmacists and prescribers to 'bridge the gap' between the
acquisition of theoretical knowledge about drugs and its practical
application to individual patients. It will be an invaluable
resource for pharmacy students, pre-registration pharmacists and
practising pharmacists. It will also be a valuable resource for
medical students and non-medical prescribers.
This revised fourth edition of "Drugs in Use" presents a series of
clinical case studies to illustrate how pharmacists can optimise
drug therapy in response to the needs of individual patients.
Patient information is interspersed with questions and answers
suitable for self-study or group discussion and a pharmaceutical
care plan is included within each chapter. The cases included
address situations which are commonly encountered or associated
with particular difficulties in treatment individualisation. Those
in which major advances in therapeutics have recently occurred are
also covered. All case studies from the previous edition have been
updated and revised, and new chapters have been included on the
following: eczema; psoriasis; Crohn's disease; oncology; and,
substance misuse. Translating the knowledge acquired during
undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy courses into the clinical
skills required to optimise the therapy of patients can seem a
daunting task. This book was conceived as a method of helping
pharmacists and prescribers to 'bridge the gap' between the
acquisition of theoretical knowledge about drugs and its practical
application to individual patients. It will be an invaluable
resource for pharmacy students, pre-registration pharmacists and
practising pharmacists. It will also be a valuable resource for
medical students and non-medical prescribers.