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RR 2017/226Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Medicine (4th edition) Gerhard Nahler Springer/European Center for Pharmaceutical Medicine Cham 2017 x + 396 pp. ISBN 978 3 319 50668 5 (print); ISBN 978 3 319 50669 2 (e-book) £66.99 $94.99 (print); £52.99 $74.99 (e-book)
This is a new edition of this book; the last edition came out in 2013 and was also covered in these columns (RR 2014/145), and hence, this shorter review. As the title says it is about pharmaceutical medicine, that is, the science of medical pharmacy. It is not a book about medicines. The need for a new edition is partly driven by the rapidly increasing understanding of the working of...