Author Description

· Additional content on practical prescribing and polypharmacy· Coverage of all major therapeutic topics by body system.· Introductory sections give brief chapter synopses.· Case studies where relevant.· Covers the needs of the developing world with a focus on practical prescribing and health technology assessment.· Definition, tips, brief explanation boxes throughout.· Interesting histories, etymologies and provenances of terms throughout.· Entertaining footnotes throughout. Bringing in a new junior editor (a Clinical Pharmacologist) to assist as Morris Brown will not be as available as he has been in past editions.Adding in more practical prescribing information to widen the market to non-medical prescribers.Add in Polypharmacy as being added to the examsIE – Competency Mapping will be included in the IE FM for India markets (£1000 added to the manuscript development budget to cover this)