NursingScienceisanever-changingscience.Asnewresearchandclinicalexperiencebroadenourknowledge,changesintreatmentanddrugtherapyarerequired,Theauthorsandthepublisherofthisworkhavecheckedwithsourcesbelievedtobereliabletotheireffortstoprovideinformationthatiscompleteandgenerallyinaccordwiththestandardsacceptedatthetimeofpublication.However,inviewofthepossibilityofhumanindividualdiversityandconstantdevelopmentinmedicalsciences,neithertheeditorsnorthepublishernoranypartywhohasbeeninvolvedinthepreparationorpublicationofthisworkwarrantsthattheinformationcontainedhereinisineveryrespectaccurateorcomplete,andtheyarenotresponsibleforanyerrorsoromissionsorfortheresultsobtainedfromuseofsuchinformation.Readersareencouragedtoconfirmtheinformationcontainedhereinwithothersourcesandgivemedicationsundertheguidanceofprofessionalpersonnel.Forexampleandinparticular,readersareadvisedtochecktheproductinformationsheetincludedinthepackageofeachdrugtheyplantoadministertobecertainthattheinformationcontainedinthisbookisaccurateandthatchangeshavenotbeenmadeintherecommendeddoseorinthecontraindicationsforadministration.Thisrecommendationisofparticularimportanceinconnectionwithneworinfrequentlyuseddrugs.

(Abstract fromHolmesKK.SexuallyTransmittedDiseases.2nded.NewYork:McGuaw-Hill,1990)