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Contributors and Consultants
Advisory Board
Foreword
How to Use This Book

1: Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology
2: Drugs and the Autonomic Nervous System
3: Drugs and the Central Nervous System
4: Drugs and Pain
5: Drugs and Mood Alteration
6: Drugs and the Musculoskeletal System
7: Drugs and the Respiratory System
8: Drugs and the Cardiovascular System
9: Drugs and the Urinary System
10: Drugs and the Hematologic System
11: Drugs and the Endocrine System
12: Drugs and the Immune System
13: Drugs and Cancer
14: Drugs and the Gastrointestinal System
15: Drugs and the Reproductive System
16: Drugs and the Integumentary System
17: Drugs and the Sensory System
18: Nutritional Agents and the Body

Appendices:
Glossary
Appendix A: Herbal Drugs
Appendix B: Commonly Abused Drugs
Selected References
Index