Introducing Pharmacology provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to pharmacology for nursing and healthcare students - and anyone needing to refresh their knowledge of this important area.

Fully updated, the fourth edition is clearly written and includes features throughout to help readers understand and absorb the knowledge they need. It includes:

* Clear explanations of how drugs work (and sometimes cause side-effects)
* The physiology and pathophysiology needed to understand how drugs work
* Extensive coverage of the drug groups that nurses and other healthcare
professionals are likely to encounter in clinical practice
* 'Test Yourself' feature to help with understanding and learning
* 'Beyond the Basics' sections for those studying at a higher level
* Case-studies, relating pharmacological theory to clinical practice
* An extensive glossary of key terms and definitions

New to this edition:
* A new chapter on drug development and clinical trials
* New sections on pharmacogenomics and skin complaints
* Expanded coverage of pharmacokinetics and the effect of renal and hepatic
disease on drug metabolism
* Extended sections on viruses and vaccinations, heart failure, anticancer drugs and
the management of post-menopausal symptoms
* Updated content that reflects latest guidelines and recently licensed drugs.

This textbook is an essential companion for nursing, midwifery students and other healthcare professions, as well as those on post-registration courses, studying to become independent prescribers.

About the Author

Roger McFadden, until his retirement was a senior lecturer in pharmacology in the Faculty of Health at Birmingham City University (BCU). Roger spent many years teaching pharmacology to nurses and other health professionals. He helped develop BCU's acclaimed Non-medical Prescribers course that has trained many hundreds of nurses to become independent prescribers.

Dr Patricia Fell is a former Associate Professor at Birmingham City University (BCU) where she taught pharmacology and physiology to healthcare students for over 20 years. Now semi-retired, she continues to teach on the Non-medical Prescribing course at BCU as a visiting lecturer.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032598451
Author Roger McFadden
Format Paperback
Page Count 420
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd