Clinical Pharmacology and therapeutics
JAMES M RITTER
LIONEL D LEWIS
TIMOTHY GK MANT
ALBERT FERRO
Clinical pharmacology is the science of drug use in humans. Clinicians of all specialties prescribe drugs on a daily basis, and this is both one of the most useful but also one of the most dangerous activities of our professional lives. Understanding the principles of clinical pharmacology is the basis of safe and effective therapeutic practice, which is why this subject forms an increasingly important part of the medical curriculum.