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Pharmacology for Health Professionals - eBook, 5th Edition

Authors :
Kathleen Knights & Andrew Rowland & Shaunagh Darroch
Date of Publication: 08/2018
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New to this edition
  • All content revised and updated with more succinct chapters reduced by approximately 15%
  • A suite of animations support readers’ understanding of common drug interactions
  • Key Points boxes provide a snapshot of important information to reinforce readers’ learning
  • Updated drug names to align with international harmonisation of medicines information and recommendations by the Therapeutic Goods Administration
  • National and international guidelines are referenced
  • Expanded ‘Mechanism of Action’ for some drugs and drug classes
  • Update of therapeutic areas with new drug classes, e.g. cancer chemotherapy, antivirals and cardiac drugs
  • New information on clinically relevant drug interactions
  • Now includes an eBook with all print purchases


Author Information
By Kathleen Knights, BSc (Hons), PhD, Grad Cert Tertiary Education, Professor in Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders University, SA, Australia; Andrew Rowland, PhD, BSc (Hons), Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia and Shaunagh Darroch, BSc, MPharm,GradCertAcaPrac, Pharmacologist, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia