Aiming to help pharmacists link theoretical knowledge with practical application, Dodds (Medway School of Pharmacy, UK) offers 33 case studies for pharmacists, prescribers, and students. Pharmacy practitioners in primary and secondary care in the UK offer common cases on the use of drugs, those associated with difficulties in dosage individualization, and those having major advances in therapeutics. They relate to hypertension, myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes, acute kidney injury, renal transplantation, asthma, peptic ulcer, alcoholic liver disease, osteoporosis, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, depression, dementia, substance misuse, HIV, oncology, palliative care, and managing medicine risk, among others. This edition has updated cases to reflect changes in medicines, new evidence on optimal care, more coverage of cases with difficulties in treatment optimization, a focus on major advances in therapeutics, and self-study questions and answers. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)