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Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (LANGE Basic Science) [Kindle Edition]

Bertram G. Katzung (Author)

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Length: 1202 pages
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The most current, authoritative, and comprehensive pharmacology book for medical, pharmacy, and other health science students. Widely respected for its clarity, comprehensiveness, and organization, this pharmacology course book presents the essential concepts that students need to know about the science of pharmacology and their application. Focuses on the basic principles of each drug group as well as the clinical choice and use of drugs in patients and the monitoring of their effects.

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NEW! Significantly revised Pain Management chapter.

NEW! Chapter checkpoints after each main section.

NEW! Each chapter now contains 1 or 2 'Patient's Perspective' boxes which present a first-person narrative on how one patient is coping with a particular illness. This feature was introduced in the second edition in a limited way, but has been developed as a consistent feature of every chapter for the third edition.

NEW! Test question files and select images, delivered digitally will be available.

Accessible writing style - the author team is known for a conversational tone that is perfect for entry-level nursing and allied health students.

'Focus on....' boxes throughout the text provide insight into special topics in research, clinical applications, general interest items, and 'in the news' topics.

Concept maps are integrated throughout the text.

Every chapter closes with Case Studies.

Key concepts at the end of every chapter are followed by review activities that include art labelling exercises, constructing concept maps, or completing tables.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 30064 KB
Print Length: 1202 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 9 edition (15 Dec 2003)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B0072UO1AQ
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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Amazon.com: 13 reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful

perfect for my needs 21 Nov 2005

By Doc Dave - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback

The content of this book is well-suited to my needs. Although it is smaller (and much less expensive) than Goodman and Gillman's, it usually contains at least the level of detail that I am looking for, and sometimes more. When things I need to know are not covered, I look to research articles and reviews in the literature to find what I need, because they are generally the kinds of things that are not covered in any of the pharmacology textbooks. I am sure that for some it does pay off to have a fatter pharmacology reference on hand, but for me Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology has been a great choice.

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful

Awful 7 Sep 2006

By L Grayson - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback

This text is required at my medical school. The text is dense and unapproachable, but that isn't my main complaint-the organization is TERRIBLE. One drug can be covered in multiple different chapters, but none of the chapters really have a great description! For example, B blockers are covered under "Autonomic Drugs", "Anti-Hypertensive Agents", and "Heart Failure Drugs"... just for starters! Anywhere you can use a B blocker, there's a separate discussion. Just give me ONE chapter on B blockers that actually talks about all of their uses!

If you do have to use this awful book, be advised that the first section of each chapter is a review of the pertinent physiology. If you need to go over this again to understand how the drugs will act, then use your favorite physio book, not Katzung.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful

Not Awful, Not Great 14 Sep 2006

By Scott Louis - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback

There are many good things to say about this text. It is through, has great cross-references, and is relatively cheap. Sadly, however, that is pretty much where the positive ends and the negative begins.

As has been said before, the orgainzation is pretty terrible. No one section fully covers all they want to say about a particular drug, and most medical schools present it in a different fashion. I spend half my time flipping around finding the relevant section about which I want to read.

Also, is it too much to ask that medical textbooks be properly bound? A flimsy paperback with cheap binding simply won't stand up to the rigors of lugging this book back and forth to class every day.

Not Recommended.

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