In the past two decades public debate about the risks, benefits, and safety associated with drugs has intensified. Public disputes over risks are brought to cou

This book illustrates, in a comprehensive manner, the most current areas of importance to Safety Pharmacology, a burgeoning unique pharmacological discipline wi

As the focus on pharmaceuticals has broadened from concern for their cost and effectiveness to their real and potential risks and benefits, a critical question

The concept of risk is an outgrowth of our society's great concern about coping with the dangers of modern life. The Perception of Risk brings together the work

Over the past decades, health care delivery - once characterized by clearly defined relationships between medical professionals, regulators, and industr- has be