Chemistry: An Introduction for Medical and Health Sciences provides students and practitioners with a clear, readable introduction to the chemical terms and concepts that are relevant to their study and practice. Assuming little prior knowledge of the subject the book describes and explains the chemistry underlying many of the most commonly prescribed drugs and medicines. It also includes information on chemical aspects of digestion and nutrition, oxidation, radioactivity and an overview of how chemicals fight disease. 

• Excellent pedagogy including learning objectives, diagnostic tests and questions in each chapter and a comprehensive glossary
• Experienced author team with many years experience of teaching chemistry to non-chemists

• Chemistry An Introduction for Medical and Health Sciences 4
  • Contents 8
  • Preface 12
  • Introduction 14
    • How to use the book 14
  • 1 Starting Chemistry 16
    • 1.1 Terminology and processes used in drug manufacture 17
    • 1.2 Atoms and things 22
    • 1.3 Chemical reactions and the periodic table 24
  • 2 Covalent Compounds and Organic Molecules 28
    • 2.1 How to make stable molecules 31
    • 2.2 Covalent compounds 31
    • 2.3 General Properties of Covalent Compounds 35
    • 2.4 Characteristic shapes and bond angles within covalent molecules 36
    • 2.5 Some covalent bonds with slight ionic character 37