Overview
Understanding Antiepileptic Drugs enhances patient knowledge and to acts as a facilitator to fill a significant gap in patient-physician communication in the field of epilepsy. There are several studies which show evidence that compliance in taking medication is absolutely crucial for successful medical treatment. A precondition for compliance, in addition to a trusting patient-physician relationship, is the ability to understand the medication under discussion and to be competent to be able to ask the right questions of your doctor. The ultimate goal should be to make the patient the expert of their condition. Patients often feel overwhelmed by the usual product monograph and they can become lost in complex information they do not understand or know how to prioritize.
Full Product Details
Author: Bernd Pohlmann-Eden (Professor of Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) ,
Bernhard J. Steinhoff (Medical Director, Medical Director, Kork Epilepsy Center, Kehl-Kork, Germany)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 13.70cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 20.80cm
Weight: 0.218kg
ISBN: 9780199358915
ISBN 10: 0199358915
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 10 July 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
"""There is an enormous need to provide essential information regarding medications available to people with epilepsy and to their caregivers. This book is an excellent tool attempting to address a gap in our ability to communicate with people with epilepsy by providing information that will help them understand how the medications work, the dosing, as well as the side effects. Understanding Antiepileptic Drugs is written in an easy to read manner, and provides extremely valuable information that will benefit all people with epilepsy."" --Solomin L. Moshe, MD, Charles Frost Chair in Neurosurgery and Neurology, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience & Pediatrics, Director Pediatric Neurology, Director Clinical Neurophysiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Past President ILAE (2009-2013), New York, NY"
There is an enormous need to provide essential information regarding medications available to people with epilepsy and to their caregivers. This book is an excellent tool attempting to address a gap in our ability to communicate with people with epilepsy by providing information that will help them understand how the medications work, the dosing, as well as the side effects. Understanding Antiepileptic Drugs is written in an easy to read manner, and provides extremely valuable information that will benefit all people with epilepsy. --Solomin L. Moshe, MD, Charles Frost Chair in Neurosurgeryand Neurology, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience & Pediatrics, Director Pediatric Neurology, Director Clinical Neurophysiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Past President ILAE (2009-2013), New York, NY
Author Information
Bernd Pohlmann-Eden MD PhD Professor of Neurology, Pharmacology and Psychology Director Epilepsy Program Development Member Brain Repair Center Dalhousie University Bernhard J. Steinhoff Medical Director Epilepsiezentrum Kork
