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Medical Cannabis: What Clinicians Need to Know and Why

Medical Cannabis: What Clinicians Need to Know and Why

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Up to now there has been no serious textbook for training clinicians and medical students about the use, efficacy, and monitoring of medical cannabis. Medical Cannabis is the first, single source for concise, up-to-date information about which conditions respond to cannabis, dosing guidance, and the safe use of cannabis by patients. This book provides the basic science and clinical information necessary to make the practicing physician feel comfortable answering questions about cannabis as well as recommending it as a medication. Medical Cannabis is an indispensable resource for primary care physicians, family practice physicians, internists, pain specialists, oncologists, geriatricians, medical students, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and others who are involved with recommending medical cannabis to their patients.

NOTE: The eBook version is online access only and NOT downloadable

Table of Contents
    • Preface
    • Terminology
    • Introduction: Why a Book for Clinicians on Medical Cannabis?
    • Part I. Background and Fundamentals
    • Chapter 1. History of Human Use of Cannabis
    • Chapter2. Overview of Medical Cannabis
    • Chapter 3. The Endocannabinoid System
    • Chapter 4. Plant-Based Cannabinoids
    • Chapter 5. Cannabis Pharmaceuticals
    • Chapter 6. Vehicles for Delivery and Routes of Administration
    • Part II. Conditions and Symptoms
    • Chapter 7. Qualifying Conditions under Current Laws
    • Chapter 8. Conditions and Symptoms Responsive to Medical Cannabis
  •         Part III. Medical Cannabis in Clinical Practice
    • Chapter 9. Overview
    • Chapter 10. Pharmacogenetic Testing
    • Chapter 11. Writing Recommendation Letters for Cannabis Use
    • Chapter 12. Monitoring Cannabis Medication
    • Chapter 13. Cannabis Dependence and Psychological Adverse Effects
    • Chapter 14. Specific Types of Patients and Related Issues
    • Chapter 15. Insurance and Coding Issues
    • Chapter 16. Working with Other Professionals in the Community
    • References Epilogue: The Future of Medical Cannabis
    • Appendices:
    • A. States Where Medical Marijuana is Legal
    • B. Prototype of Recommendation Letter
    • C. Textbook Examination Questions

  • Index
Publication Date 2016
Format Softcover, 303 pages
ISBN 978-1-883595-72-2
Product Code A101
 
Dr. Gregory Smith earned his medical degree from Rush Medical School in Chicago, and a Masters of Public Health from Harvard University. He completed residency training in Preventive Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Since leaving the US Army with the rank of Major, Doctor Smith has been in primary care practice in California, Georgia and Florida for the past 25 years. He first trained on use of medical cannabis in California in 2000, and has made medical cannabis and CBD oil part of his practice since that time. Dr. Smith is an avid writer, having published two medical textbooks, a novel called Malpractice, and articles with many magazines and over a dozen peer reviewed medical publications.
 
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