Pharmacology: lippincott’s illustrated reviews

Abstract

Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology integrates and summarizes the essentials of medical pharmacology for students in the health-related professions who are preparing for licensure examination [for example, the United States Medical Licensure Examination professionals who wish to review or update their knowledge in this rapidly expanding area of biomedical science. The illustrated Review uses an information-intensive, outline format along with summary figures and practice questions to teach this complex material. Pharmacology uses a unique expanded outline format which allows the rapid review and assimilation of facts and concepts. The current knowledge in the field of medical pharmacology has been "predigested" and the relevant information has been recast in a hierarchical organization. Important topics are shown in bold print, whereas the names of drugs are featured in an italic typeface. This organization enables the reader to readily scan a page to locate specific information or to find a particular drug. A phonetic pronunciation guide for drug names assures that the reader will have a conversational familiarity with the therapeutic agents described in the book. Each chapter starts with a chart that lists and classifies the drugs to be discussed in that chapter. This permits the reader to immediately understand and remember the significant relationships among the facts and concepts.