The Hands-on Guide to Practical Prescribing (PDF)

The hands-on guide to practical prescribing is a concise,
easy-to-use guide to the practical aspects of pharmacology for
junior doctors who are making the transition from studying
pharmacology to prescribing drugs for the first time.

This new addition to 'The hands-on guide' series brings together
the core pharmacological knowledge required by house officers,
structured in a way to address the very hands-on, practical aspects
of prescribing. This book is not designed to replace the factual
drug information in the BNF, but to complement and build upon it,
so that The hands-on guide to practical prescribing provides junior
doctors with a solid guide to prescribing in the clinical
setting.

Beginning with the general principles of prescribing and basics
of writing a prescription form, the book guides you through topics
such as using the BNF, drug interactions and monitoring toxicity,
before moving on to cover both surgical and medical topics such as
preoperative and postoperative patients, prophylaxis, organ failure
and diabetes.

The hands-on guide to practical prescribing is a problem-based
book that covers the common problems and questions a house officer
might encounter, and will be an invaluable guide to life on the
wards. The authors are specialist registrars in medicine and
surgery, have undertaken SHO and registrar posts in the major
specialities and also write and teach regularly on clinical
pharmacology.