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Unlike other pharmacology texts organized by drug class, Principles of Pharmacology integrates relevant knowledge from the basic biomedical sciences - physiology, pathophysiology, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, anatomy, neurobiology, microbiology and immunology - to build an integrated, conceptual understanding of drug therapy. By discussing the therapeutic and adverse actions of drugs in the framework of the drug's mechanism of action, the book enables students to achieve a level of mastery in pharmacology that far surpasses that achieved by rote memorization. The result is a primary pharmacology textbook that is ideal for a systems-based or discipline-based course in pharmacology.
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Golan (medicine, Harvard Medical School) integrates relevant knowledge from the basic biomedical sciences to explains aspects of drug therapy. Discussion of the therapeutic and adverse reactions of drugs in the framework of the drug's mechanism of action enables students to gain a deeper understanding surpassing, and content reflects recent advances in biological and biomedical science to improve understanding of mechanisms of drug action at the molecular level. Each chapter begins with a clinical case specific to a target system, followed by relevant biochemistry, physiology, and pathophysiology of the system and discussion of drugs and drug classes that affect the system. Final chapters cover drug discovery and development, new drug evaluation, drug regulation, and pharmacogenomics. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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