Written collectively by professionals in the fields of nursing, pharmacology, pharmacy, and medicine, this reference provides a clinical outcomes-focused guide to pharmacotherapy for common healthcare conditions of adults and children in ambulatory settings. Major sections focus on Principles of Pharmacotherapy; General Issues; Special Issues and Patient Populations; Pharmacotherapy for Common Primary Care Disorders (the choice of specific pharmacotherapy techniques, the outcomes of drug management, monitoring for efficacy and toxicity, and follow-up procedures); and Tables of Pharmacotherapeutic Agents.