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

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

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