About the Book*
The Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, first published in 1967, defines the practitioner's role in self-care—and helps students develop the skills to assume this role
The Handbook presents a case-based problem-solving method for triaging a patient on the basis of the patient's description of signs and symptoms. It guides students and practitioners in differentiating a patient's complaint and recommending the appropriate self-care option.
The 16th edition provides timely, practical, evidence-based coverage of every self-care option for self-treatable disorders . . .
● nonprescription products ● nondrug measures ● preventive measures ● alternative and complementary medicine AND nutritional remedies
The Handbook continues to feature the characteristics that make it the best-selling reference on self-care:
- Insights from 200 academics and practitioners from multiple health care fields with expertise in nonprescription medications and devices and other self-care options
- Succinct descriptions of the typical manifestations and underlying pathophysiology of a self-treatable disorder—supported by illustrations and color photographs
- An integrated, systems-based, and mechanism-based approach to understanding nonprescription drug therapy
- Treatment sections with unparalleled information on nonprescription medications—
● indications ● dosage and administration guidelines ● safety considerations
PLUS evidence-based discussion of appropriate self-care options
- Definitive triage features—
√Tables that differentiate signs and symptoms of disorders with similar presentations
√Algorithms that list exclusions for self-care and outline treatment options
√Cases that provide step-by-step instructions for ● assessment and triage of
a patient's complaint ● selection of appropriate treatment ● patient counseling
information
- The most current clinical guidelines for self-treatable disorders
- Patient counseling boxes that summarize self-treatment options and list warning signs that signal the need for medical intervention
The Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs encompasses all the essential information for the practitioner . . .
● pathophysiology ● clinical presentation ● assessment/triage ● scientifically
evaluated self-care options
Students will find it to be the definitive source of information on self-care not found in other medical textbooks.
Clinicians will find it to be an authoritative reference on evidence-based self-care options. Click here to see a sample chapter
March 2009; 183 illustrations; 1252 pages; ISBN: 978-1-58212-122-2
* Available to purchasers of the book: a fully searchable eBook of the entire textbook downloaded to your computer.
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