Short description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This series of books reflects the trend towards a core curriculum and self-directed learning. The content is restricted to the 'must know' core information presented in a synoptic style. The diagrams that support the text are in a style that the reader can remember and reproduce in examinations. Each chapter ends with a selection of self-assessment material and full explanatory answers. These consolidate and expand on the chapter contents. This volumes in the series presents an integrated coverage of basic and clinical pharmacology. Despite the use of problem- and/or topic-based curricula students still respond to the security of a well-ordered presentation of the basic information by traditional discipline.
Long description
Master Medicine: Medical Pharmacology is brief and accessible, approached from the point of view of what you will need to know in order to understand the clinical work you will eventually be doing. It includes a wide range of self-assessment material, ideal for testing your understanding, and helping you to prepare for your exams.
Review
These books are brilliant for taking on the road out to peripheral hospital placements, and cover all the essentials (plus a little bit more) on all the key topics. They have plenty of information to help explain those topics and subjects you see on the wards/in theatre.When time is a little short, and you simply need fast hard facts in an easy to read yet thorough way these books are simply perfect. I have no doubt in recommending them to my friends or any other medical student
Medical Student, University of Bristol, UK (series review)
Table of contents
- Basic principles. The Autonomic Nervous System. Drugs used in Cardiovascular Disease. Drugs and the Blood. Hyperlipidemia. Drugs used in CNS Diseases. Analgesics. Drugs used in Anaesthesia. Drugs for Arthritis. Respiratory Disorders and Hypersensitivity. Drugs and the Gastrointestinal system. Drugs acting on the Endocrine System. Antibiotics. Chemotherapy for Viruses, Fungi and Protozoa. Anticancer Chemotherapy. Drugs and the Skin. Drug Overdose and poisoning. Drug Dependency and Abuse. Drugs in pregnancy, Breast-feeding, Children and the Elderly. Adverse Drug Reactions and Drug Interactions. New Drugs and Clinical Trials.