Clinical Pharmacology - Ninth Edition
Authors: P.N. Bennett and M.J. Brown
This book has a long lineage with the first edition appearing at the beginning of the swinging sixties, in 1960 to be exact. Now 43 years later, the ninth edition has hit the streets and superficially there are no major changes; the yellow cover, size and shape of the book seem similar to previous versions.
Yet open the covers and there are major changes. Professor D.R. Laurence who initiated this book and either wrote or co-authored all the previous editions has retired from active involvement and stepping into the breach are a number of new contributors. A major change for any textbook, yet this book has done well out of this change. It still retains its authority, freshness and fondness for historical perspective with interesting and relevant points scattered throughout the text. For example on page 197, the origin of slipping someone a "Mickey Finn" in a drink is explained. It is this kind of detail that illuminates a textbook and makes learning fun and interesting.
However the book is very up to date on current clinical pharmacological issues covering all the major and minor areas in good detail. Since most of us are prescribers and therapeutics is a field which rapidly and regularly changes then it is important to have an authoritative reference source handy. This could easily be it and with the added bonus of being highly readable, the ninth edition continues the lineage of its illustrious predecessors. An excellent addition to the bookshelf.
| Publisher: | Elsevier Churchill Livingstone (Published 2003)
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| ISBN 0-443-06480-6
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