220-Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Medicine, 2nd Edition-Gerhard Nahler Annette Mollet-3211898352-S

PrefaceThe Gospel according to St. John declares that the word was in the beginning,and that the word was with God. Our book here is no bible,but it tries to fight the Babylonian disarray of language.Have we not observed new English or German terms coming intouse, with almost as many connotations that the famous CRA (Clinicalresearch Associate) has had? Have we not seen IRB literally translatedinto something like “Institutionelles Aufsichtsgremium” or worse?Therefore Dr. Nahler’s renewed attempt to collect and associateall those terms, abbreviations, and acronyms is more than applaudable.Too many discussions are held leading to controversies just inthe absence of a reliable lexicon which also shows the ambiguity ofwords which we use as if everybody should understand them thesame way. While is will be hard to use the dictionary in a live discussion,its prolonged use may sensitise many to those issues, andit is hoped that in books on the subject the use of terms will be “supported”by Dr. Nahler’s attempt to better define them.I wish this book a broad use, including those that may browsethrough it having many “aha!” experiences. And, I am sure, due toits quality and the many changes in our profession, in a few years weshall have a new edition of it equally thorough and good to read.Michael Herschel, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, FFPMDirector Clinical researchGlaxoSmithKline GmbH&Co. KG