Focus on Pharmacology - Essentials for Health Professionals (Hardcover)

A text in pharmacology which finally meets the needs of the allied health student. The focused teach-and-test approach of this textbook provides allied health students with the perfect blend of concise content and an enjoyable-even fun-learning process. A focused approach to learning pharmacology, the introductory chapters lay the groundwork for learning this subject by explaining the history of pharmacology, discussing the legal and ethical principles involved, illustrating drug administration techniques, reviewing math, and explaining drug calculations. Using a five-heading approach to focused pharmacologic principles, each drug chapter focuses on drugs used to treat a certain body system or disease type. The chapters open with a concise review of anatomy and physiology to provide students with a foundation from which to understand the pharmacologic principles actions, effects, and uses of the drugs that treat a body system or disorder. The pharmacologic principles are succinctly explained by using clearly identifiable headings in question format that helps focus students' attention on the most important points about a drug class or an individual drug: *How do they work?*How are they used?*What are the adverse effects?*What are the contraindications and interactions?*What are the most important points patients should know? Whichever approach is taken in the chapter, the five question headings are used so students can easily focus on the key need-to-know drug information. Comes with a Student CDROM that includes games, a drug audio glossary and aregular audio glossary: Types of Games on the Student CD: *Matching *Beat the Clock *Gridlock *Racing *Double or nothing *Crossword Puzzle *Wordsearch *Memory *Strikeout