Authors: Laurence Brunton (Editor), Donald Blumenthal (Editor), Keith L. Parker
ISBN-13: 9780071443432, ISBN-10: 0071443436
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: September 2007
Edition: 1st Edition
Laurence L. Brunton, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology & Medicine
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Donald K. Blumenthal, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Iain L.O. Buxton, PharmD
Professor of Pharmacology
University of Nevada-Reno
Keith L. Parker, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine & Pharmacology
University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine
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5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!
"...the most authoritative and trusted source of pharmacological information, has now spawned a portable pocket drug guide....This manual extracts the essential core drug information from the eleventh edition of the parent book, referring the reader to the online version of the parent book for historical aspects, many chemical and clinical details, and additional figures and references. This makes G & G a very useful book. This will be of use to individuals in training or practice in the fields of pharmacy, medicine, nursing, or allied health disciplines where knowledge of drug actions are important....Each chapter provides the core essential information provided in the parent book in a very readable format. Readers can use this easy to handle and read manual for essential information along with the online version of the parent book as a reference for more in-depth specific information on drugs."Doody's Review Service
The Goodman & Gilman Manual of Pharmacology and Therapeutics offers the renowned content of Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Eleventh Edition, condensed into an ultra-handy, streamlined reference.
More than just a pocket drug guide, this indispensable resource offers:
Laurence L. Brunton, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology & Medicine
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Donald K. Blumenthal, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Iain L.O. Buxton, PharmD
Professor of Pharmacology
University of Nevada-Reno
Keith L. Parker, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine & Pharmacology
University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine
Reviewer:Thomas L. Pazdernik, PhD(University of Kansas Medical Center)
Description:Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, the most authoritative and trusted source of pharmacological information, has now spawned a portable pocket drug guide.
Purpose:This manual extracts the essential core drug information from the eleventh edition of the parent book, referring the reader to the online version of the parent book for historical aspects, many chemical and clinical details, and additional figures and references. This makes G & G a very useful book.
Audience:This will be of use to individuals in training or practice in the fields of pharmacy, medicine, nursing, or allied health disciplines where knowledge of drug actions are important.
Features:The manual is divided into the same 15 sections as the parent text: general principles; drugs acting at synaptic and neuroeffector junctional sites; drugs acting on the central nervous system; autocoids: drug therapy of inflammation; drugs affecting renal and cardiovascular function; drugs affecting gastrointestinal function; chemotherapy of parasitic infections; chemotherapy of microbial diseases; chemotherapy of neoplastic disease; immunomodulators; drugs acting on the blood and blood forming organs; hormones and hormone antagonists; dermatology; ophthalmology; and toxicology. The appendix deals with prescription writing and patient compliance. Each chapter provides the core essential information provided in the parent book in a very readable format.
Assessment:Readers can use this easy to handle and read manual for essential information along with the online version of the parent book as a reference for more in-depth specific information on drugs.