Pharmacology for Health Professionals

Pharmacology for Health Professionals, fifth edition, introduces essential pharmacology principles and concepts required to understand the therapeutic effects and clinical uses of current drugs and medicines. Written for health sciences and nursing students and underpinned by current evidence-based medicine, this substantially updated edition continues to cover topics vital to a holistic understanding of pharmacology. These topics include historical, legal and ethical considerations, pharmacokinetics, and the therapeutic applications and adverse effects of current Australian and New Zealand drugs. INDICE: Unit 1: Introduction to PharmacologyUnit 2: Principles of PharmacologyUnit 3: Drugs Affecting the Peripheral Nervous SystemUnit 4: Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous SystemUnit 5: Drugs Affecting the Heart and Vascular SystemUnit 6: Drugs Affecting the Urinary SystemUnit 7: Drugs Affecting the BloodUnit 8: Drugs Affecting the Respiratory SystemUnit 9: Drugs Affecting the Gastrointestinal SystemUnit 10: Drugs Affecting the Endocrine SystemUnit 11: Drugs Affecting the Reproductive SystemUnit 12: Drugs Used in Neoplastic Diseases Unit 13: Drugs Affecting MicroorganismsUnit 14: Drugs Affecting Body DefencesUnit 15: Special Topics

• ISBN: 978-0-7295-4275-3
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 1025
• Fecha Publicación: 20/02/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés