Clinical Pharmacology

More than 60 years since its first publication, Clinical Pharmacology remains an invaluable textbook that no clinician or prescriber, medical or pharmacy student should be without. This highly trusted guide to drug therapy covers the key elements of therapeutic pharmacology, including health technology assessment, drug regulation, dependence and toxicology, as well as polypharmacy. The essentials of clinical pharmacology are discussed by body system, balancing science with practice to support good prescribing. The thirteenth edition of Clinical Pharmacology has been fully updated to suit today’s context and therapeutic settings. An ideal study guide for medical students sitting the PSA exams and pharmacy students sitting MPharm examsFully updated to encompass contemporary issues such as comorbidities and polypharmacyProvides the evidence base for drug therapy and good prescribing in modern therapeutic settingsEasy to navigate - covers all major therapeutic topics by body systemChapter synopses, definitions, tips and brief explanation boxes assist with learning and revisionCovers resource poor situations with a focus on practical prescribing and health technology assessmentIncludes case studies, interesting histories, etymologies and provenances of terms throughoutAn enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud