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Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who evaluate,
design, and recommend pharmacotherapy for the management of

their patients face many new and exciting challenges as the twenty-
first century matures. With this seventh edition of Pharmacother-
apy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, we recognize just how compli-
cated our tasks as editors have become. Balancing the need for

accurate, thorough, and unbiased information about the treatment
of diseases against the publishing realities of deadlines, page counts,
and book length, we strive to adhere to our founding precepts:
• Advance the quality of patient care through evidence-based

medication therapy management based on sound pharmaco-
therapeutic principles.

• Enhance the health of our communities by incorporating

contemporary health promotion and disease-prevention strat-
egies in our practice environments.

• Motivate young practitioners to enhance the breadth, depth,
and quality of care they provide to their patients.
• Challenge pharmacists and other primary-care providers to
learn new concepts and refine their understanding of the
pathophysiology tenets that undergird the development of
individualized therapeutic regimens.

• Present the pharmacy and health care communities with inno-
vative patient assessment, triage, and pharmacotherapy man-
agement skills.