This reference guide has become an indispensable companion for doctors and nurses, helping them to solve the urgent problems they encounter on the ward or in the consulting room. The second and third editions sold over 60,000 copies each.

By <b>Claud Regnard</b>, Medical Director of St Oswald's Hospice, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Honorary Lecturer in Pharmacological Sciences, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; and <b>Sue Tempest</b>, Clinical Pharmamacist in Emergency and Palliative Medicine, Pharmacy Department, Derbyshire, Royal Infirmary; Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL