Trounce’s Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals

Description

Since it was first published in 1958, Trounce’s Clinical Pharmacology has been the go-to resource for health professionals who prescribe as  well as administer medications. Now in its nineteenth edition, the text  has been fully updated to reflect the breadth and complexity of modern  practice.

The book provides everything the reader  needs to know when becoming a prescriber. The text is organised by body  system, making it easy to follow, and covers considerations for  different patient categories as well as the management of pain, cancer  and infection, substance abuse and complementary and alternative  medicines.

With a strong clinical orientation and  written by practising clinicians, essential information is delivered in  an engaging and friendly style that will ensure this book’s continued  popularity with nurses and allied health professionals for many years to  come.

• Easy navigation makes learning enjoyable
• Hot topics including cardiology, rheumatology and the use of targeted therapies in cancer keep the reader up to date
• Learning Objectives, Summary Boxes, Revision Tips and Hints make this suitable for exam preparation
• Updated  to include discussion of the expanding role of professionals in  prescribing drugs and latest changes in legislation and guidelines
• Extensive glossary for those new to prescribing