Synopsis
Gourley and Eoff (U. of Tennessee College of Pharmacy) bring together current and former faculty from the U. of Tennessee College of Pharmacy for 41 chapters that help pharmacy students review for the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination. In an outline format, the text summarizes material on therapeutics and other basic principles such as dosage forms, math, biopharmaceutics, kinetics, basic and parenteral compounding, and drugs for various conditions, and includes case studies and about 1,000 practice questions with annotated answers. This edition has three new chapters on drug information, biostatistics, and clinical trial design, and updated information on drug approvals, indications, and formulations. About half of the chapters have been significantly revised. American Pharmacists Assn. books are distributed by McGraw-Hill. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
About the Author
Editor-in-Chief: Dick R. Gourley, PharmD, is Dean and Professor of Pharmacy at the highly rated University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis. He has coedited 10 books, including Textbook of Therapeutics: Drugs and Disease Management, now in its 8th edition, and a preparation workbook for the Pharmacy College Admission Test, PCAT Success.
Associate Editor-in-Chief: James C. Eoff III, PharmD, is Executive Associate Dean and Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and is responsible for recruitment, admissions, and student affairs in the College of Pharmacy.
Chapter authors: The more than 40 chapter authors all current or former faculty members at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy are top clinicians, scientists, and researchers whose expertise spans the pharmacy curriculum.
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