Pharmacogenomics: Applications to Patient Care

by Howard L McLeod, Lindsay DeVane (Editor), Susanne B. Haga (Editor)

Pharmacogenomics offers the opportunity for clinicians to dramatically improve the health outcomes of millions of patients receiving drug therapy. However, this opportunity is tempered by the challenge of learning the seemingly limitless amount of genetic information assembled during the past decade, with new knowledge developing rapidly. ACCP has developed this textbook to assist clinicians in meeting this challenge. The enhanced second edition, written by leaders in pharmacogenomics from different practice areas, disciplines, and research environments, combines the basics of pharmacogenomics with disease-specific applications to give students and practitioners a solid foundation for understanding the basic science of pharmacogenomics and the skills for integrating pharmacogenomics into daily clinical practice.

485 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009