How Drugs Work: Basic Pharmacology for Healthcare Professionals - Softcover

McGavock, Hugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857756916 ISBN 13: 9781857756913

Publisher: CRC Press, 1999

Primary healthcare premises are increasingly becoming more sophisticated offering health promotion minor surgery and specialist services. The acquisition of new premises expansion or investment in traditional surgeries can be the greatest financial commitment and also one of the most daunting. This book is specifically written to enable development with minimal disruption to the daily medical routine. The book contains viewpoints of specialists with many years' experience gained from working in their individual fields. It is essential reading for GPs trainees practice managers and professional advisers to general practice. Specialist architects solicitors financial advisors accountants and health authority managers will also achieve a better understanding of this complex subject.

Review:

"'Informative, succinct and good value for money - essential reading' Nursing Standard 'A comprehensive and useful resource. This book is a must for any healthcare professional' Community Practitioner 'A complicated topic interesting and easy to read' International Journal of Palliative Nursing 'Clear and concise' British Journal of Perioperative Nursing 'User-friendly' Journal of Neonatal Nursing"

Synopsis:

Quality prescribing is an applied science, matching the pharmacology to the diagnosis. Powerful modern drugs require scientific understanding if their benefits are to be realised and their many risks minimised. This book describes how drugs work. It equips readers with a set of clear concepts on which to base their prescribing decisions. Unlike typical long textbooks on the subject, this book condenses only those aspects of pharmacology of direct relevance to everyday prescribing into a concise, accessible volume. This second edition has been completely updated and also contains new chapters on drugs and the central nervous system, and the use of recreational drugs. How Drugs Work, Second Edition satisfies the need for an appropriate understanding of pharmacology by those who have prescribing responsibilities such as nurse prescribers; general practitioners, pharmacists and dentists in mid-career who may wish to update their knowledge; and pharmaceutical industry representatives. Medical students, too, will benefit from this book as an introduction.

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1857756916
• ISBN 13: 9781857756913
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 184