Ian Peate, OBE FRCN is Principal, School of Health Studies, Gibraltar; Visiting Professor of Nursing, St George's University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, and Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing.
Peter Dryden is a Programme Lead for Children's Nursing and a Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, Northumbria University, UK. He has worked on a number of National and Regional developments such as National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) standards for IBD.

Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Prefixes and suffixes
Abbreviations
About the companion website
1. Introduction to Pharmacology, Children and Young People
Jane Callum
2. How to use Pharmaceutical and Prescribing Reference Guides
Claire Pryor, Annette Hand and Elaine Walls
3. Legal and Ethical Issues
Sasha Ban and Peter Dryden
4. Medicines Management and the Role of the Health Care Provider Working with Children, Young People and Families
Barbara Davies and Christine English
5. Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics
Barry Hill, Jaden Allan and Claire Camara
6. Drug Formulations
Sinéad Greener and Louise Carr
7. Medications used in the Cardiovascular System
Anthony Garbutt and Noreen Kilkenny
8. Medications used in the Renal System
Katherine Drape, Sadie Diamond Fox and Alexandra Gatehouse
9. Medications used in the Endocrine System
Jackie O'Sullivan
10. Medications used in the Respiratory System
Claire Fagan, Janis Bloomer, Alison Sewell, Carol Sharpe and Harriet Minto
11. Gastroenterology
Liz Gormley-Fleming
12. Medications used in the Nervous System
Sophie Gilmour-Ivens
13. The Immune System and Immunisations
Sarah Greenshields
14. Medications and the Integumentary System
Sasha Ban and Peter Dryden
15. Medications used in Children and Young Peoples Mental Health
Lingwood L, Stephenson, E. and Stavert L
16. Medications used in Children and Young People's cancer
Elaine Walls and Leah Rosengarten
17. Analgesics
Claire Ford and Matthew Robertson
18. Antimicrobial Medications
Leah Rosengarten
19. Adverse Drug Reactions
Claire Pryor and Carol Wills
Index