This text on pharmacology emphasizes clear rationales for drug therapy and relates psychological factors of disease processes to drug mechanisms. This edition has a nursing based approach and an emphasis on therapeutic application and information on life span concerns and pain. Each chapter begins with learning objectives, chapter overview, and key terms, ending with a series of critical thinking questions that directly apply to nursing practice.
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Editions-Typ
Illustrationen
110 illustrations, indexes
Maße
Höhe: 286 mm
Breite: 221 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-8151-1514-4 (9780815115144)
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Autor*in
Professor of Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
How drugs work in the body; nursing care related to drug therapy; how the nervous system controls body function; drugs affecting the cardiovascular and renal system; drugs modifying the blood; drugs affecting the gastrointestinal system; drugs affecting the respiratory system; drugs to treat pain; drugs affecting the immune system; antiinfective and chemotherapeutic agents; drugs used to treat cancer; drugs for the psychoneural system; drugs for the neurologic system; drugs affecting the endocrine and reproductive systems; drugs for the patient recieving anesthesia; ophthalmic drugs.
