Waller's Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics - E-Book

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Waller's Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics - E-Book is written by Derek G. Waller and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0443287155 (ISBN 10) and 9780443287152 (ISBN 13).

Medical Pharmacology & Therapeutics provides all the information medical and healthcare students need throughout their degree programme and beyond, including for professional qualifications such as the PSA. This all-round textbook covers basic pharmacology through to drug prescribing in clinical contexts, covering the pathogenic mechanisms of disease; drug actions, side effects, and the therapeutic principles of drug use. It takes a helpful systems-based approach that orders information according to body systems and disease areas, rather than by drug class. The new edition of this trusted textbook has been fully updated to include latest scientific understanding of drug action and administration and current best practice in prescribing medications, informed by the latest national guidelines.• A clinical focus throughout – suitable for medical, nursing and other healthcare students throughout their training • Thorough update of clinically-relevant medicines to ensure best practice • Information aligned with the British National Formulary (BNF), NICE guidelines and relevant professional benchmarks • Comprehensive drug compendia allow all drugs to be identified and placed within their respective classes • Extensive self-assessment questions to support learning and revision• Expansion of the Obesity chapter • Significant updates to the Cancer chapter • Single best answer questions expanded