توضیحات

The purpose of the Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient Focused Approach is to help students in the health professions and practicing clinicians develop and refine the skills required to identify and resolve drug therapy problems by using realistic patient cases. Case studies can actively involve students in the learning process; engender self-confidence; and promote the development of skills in inde­pendent self-study, problem analysis, decision-making, oral communication, and teamwork.

Patient case studies can also be used as the focal point of discussions about pathophysiology, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, and the pharmacotherapy of individual diseases. By integrating the biomedical and phar­maceutical sciences with pharmacotherapeutics, case studies can help students appreciate the relevance and importance of a sound scientific foundation in preparation for practice. The patient cases in Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient Focused Approach are intended to complement the scientific and clinical information in the 11^th edition of  Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach.

This edition of Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient Focused Approach contains 157 unique patient cases, with case chapters organized into organ system sections corresponding to the Pharmacotherapy textbook. Students should read the relevant text­book chapter to become thoroughly familiar with the pathophysiology and pharmacotherapy of each disease state before attempting to identify and address the medication therapy problems of the patients described in this casebook.