Pocket Guide: Pharmacokinetics Made Easy (Pocket Guides) - Softcover

Presents a complex topic in a simple, easy-to-understand way Pocket Guide: Pharmacokinetics Made Easy is the latest update of the popular Pharmacokinetics Made Easy. It is suitable for a wide audience including medical practitioners, health professionals, and students. The individual chapters were initially published as a series of articles in Australian Prescriber to assist practitioners in drug dosing and therapy. The physiological approach herein adopted addresses clinical issues in drug therapy and makes them directly applicable to practice situations. Key Selling Features: - Self-assessment questions in each chapter - Glossary of symbols - Use of equations to explain physiological factors underlying important pharmacokinetics processes - Endorsed and co-published with Australian Prescriber - List of key points summarizing the content to improve accessibility and understanding

Don Birkett obtained his medical degree from Sydney University in 1967 and a D Phil in Biochemistry from Oxford University in 1970. He has been Professor and Head of CLinical Pharmacology at Flinders University of South Australia and Flinders Medical Centre since 1977. His major research interest has been in the field of drug metabolism using techniques ranging from in vitro molecular biological methods to in vivo pharmacokinetic studies. He was Chair of the International Union of Pharmacology (IUPHAR) Section on Drug Metabolism from 1994 to 1998. He has played a significant role in drug regulation, being a past member of the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee, and the current Chair of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee which considers the listing of drugs for government susidy in Australia. He also currently chairs the Australian Drug Utilization Subcommittee and the WHO Working Group on Drug Statistics Methodology. He has published more than 220 scientific papers and books. he has been teaching clinical pharmacology, pharmacology and pharmacokinetics for more than 25 years to medical and science students, and to drug regulators and members of the pharmaceutical industry.