Linda J. Dodds (Editor)
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Book Details
- Paperback: 666 pages
- Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press; 4 edition (October 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0853697914
- ISBN-13: 978-0853697916
Book Description
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.
