Become a conscientious prescriber! Your patients are unique individuals with specific characteristics and health concerns. Learn how to make thoughtful therapeutic decisions that always put your patient's well-being first—before you write the prescription. Organized by disease state, this text introduces you to general drug classifications and the medicinal agents most likely to be encountered in primary care settings. It encompasses pharmacological principals, dosing, patient education, pharmacodynamics, and therapeutic parameters and indications for commonly prescribed drugs. Algorithms, flow charts, decision trees, and clinical guidelines foster systematic decision making while case studies and real-world examples emphasize clinical applications. As a bonus, you'll have access to Formulary and Drug Card templates online at DavisPlus that make studying medications easier.