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Book Review: The British Medical Association Family Doctor Guide to Stress

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:24:38 +0000

This book gives clear & very precise advice on combating stress in everyday life. It includes the back-ground information on stress, the physical and mental problems that can be caused by stress. There are useful charts and checklists check-lists throughout the book. Practical tips are enlisted for coping with stress. This well-illustrated book is indispensable for those seeking self-help for stress.
Authors: Professor Greg Wilkinson
Publishers: Dorling Kindersley
Date of Publication: 1999
No. of pages: 96

Book Review: The Body Betrayed

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This book covers all the aspects of diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders. This book specifically addresses mother/daughter and father/daughter relationships, as well as explains how a child with an eating disorder affects family dynamics. It also includes the impact of sexual and physical abuse, the relationship between eating disorder and chemical dependency, medical complications, the biology of nutrition, pregnancy, athletics, treatment etc.
Authors: Kathryn J. Zerbe
Publishers: Gurze Books
Date of Publication: 1995
No. of pages: 447

Book Review: While Waiting

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:24:37 +0000

Fully updated–the book that millions of women and care providers have depended on for the facts about pregnancy. The book offers the latest research information available on nutrition; fetal testing; sexually transmitted diseases; alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs; workplace and household hazards; anesthesia; and more. If you are pregnant, or know someone who is (or will be), then this is one book that you’ll want to purchase. It’s a very practical, to-the-point guide to pregnancy, labor and delivery. It is designed to tell you what you need to know in a concise and easy to understand manner. The book is written from the viewpoint of an obstetrician, so its style is that of a factual medical reference. The book is arranged in an easy-to-use format with space to keep track of prenatal appointments, notes and questions, and any special instructions. The authors together have composed a well written, highly informing book about pregnancy. Both of the authors are highly educated on the subject of pregnancy, therefore in this book they are able to answer any questions an anticipating mother may have during the 9 months of her pregnancy and after the child is born. An essential guide for anyone who wants to educate him/herself on what a woman’s body is going through during pregnancy to buy this book.
Authors: George E. Verrilli and Anne Marie Muesar
Publishers: St. Martin’s Griffin
Date of Publication: 1998
No. of pages: 168

Book Review: The British Medical Association Family Doctor Guide to Blood Pressure

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This book is from the series that gives straight answers to all medical and health queries. This clear, concise illustrated guide gives expert advice on understanding hypertension or high blood pressure. It explains how the circulatory system works & what can go wrong with it. It explains the causes and symptoms of high blood pressure. It offers practical advice on diet and lifestyle & discusses types of treatment for high blood pressure. There are useful addresses enlisted at the end of the book.
Authors: D.G. Beevers
Publishers: Dorling Kindersley
Date of Publication: 2000
No. of pages: 96

Book Review: A new prescription for women’s health-Getting the best medical care in a man’s world

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:24:35 +0000

The book highlights the ten major health challenges that women face from childhood to old age, nutrition, reproductive life, sexually transmitted diseases, menopause, cancer, heart disease, stroke, depression, and osteoporosis and alzheimer disease. The author discusses the fundamental causes, treatments and preventive measures for the conditions most likely to affect women.
Authors: Bernadine Healy
Publishers: Viking
Date of Publication: 1995
No. of pages: 546

Book Review: American Medical Association-Guide to talking to your doctor

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:24:34 +0000

The book demystifies the relationship between patient and doctor and guides in building an ongoing dialogue with one’s healthcare provider. The book empowers one to communicate better with the doctor.
Authors: Angela Perry
Publishers: John Wiley & Sons
Date of Publication: 2001
No. of pages: 244

Book Review: Skills For Communicating With Patients

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:24:32 +0000

This book provides a comprehensive approach to improving communication in medicine. They are an invaluable resource for practitioners, course organizers, facilitators and learners at all levels, from undergraduate to continuing medical education, and apply equally to specialist and family medicine. This book explores in detail the specific skills of doctor-patient communication and provides comprehensive evidence of the improvements that these skills can make to health outcomes and everyday clinical practice. It is unique in providing a secure platform of core skills which represent the foundations for doctor-patient communication in every circumstance. It examines how to use these skills in the medical interview, and is essential reading for learners, facilitators and programme directors. This book is unique in taking an evidence-based approach, helping users to fully understand the theoretical and research basis of the subject as well as how to use communication skills in the medical interview in clinical practice. This book concentrates on providing a secure platform of skills: in it the authors define a curriculum of core skills in doctor-patient communication, document how to use these skills in the medical consultation, and describe the theoretical and research evidence that substantiates their value in improving health outcomes in everyday clinical practice. It is essential reading for learners at all levels – whether medical students, residents, or established practitioners – and for facilitators and program directors.
Authors: Jonathan Silverman, Suzanne Kurtz & Juliet Draper
Publishers: Radcliffe Medical Press
Date of Publication: 1999
No. of pages: 173

Book Review: On Doctoring

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Few subjects hold more universal appeal than that of medicine, and surely few books have evoked medicine’s drama and magic more powerfully than On Doctoring. It is the humanity in medicine that has inspired the pens of countless writers, and that has inspired the pens of countless writers, and that has now been captured in this remarkable anthology of medical literature. On Doctoring captures the pain and triumphs associated with the practice of medicine in an extraordinary collection. Written by physicians as well as non-physicians, this compilation of stories, poems, and essays eloquently captures what it is like to be sick, to be cured, to succumb to illness, or to overcome it. Drawing on the full spectrum of human emotions, the editors have included selections from such important and diverse writers as Anton Chekov, W. H. Auden, Pablo Neruda, Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O’Connor, Raymond Carver, and many more. In this era of managed healthcare, when medicine is becoming more and more technical, institutionalized and impersonal, this book recaptures the breadth, wonder, and the miracle of the medical profession. Presenting the issues, concerns, and challenges facing doctors and patients alike, the illuminating On Doctoring will speak to the hearts and minds of today’s readers. It is a book you will reach for time and again – a celebration of life and of a profession that helps make life possible.
Authors: Richard Reynolds & John Stone
Publishers: Simon & Schuster
Date of Publication: 1995
No. of pages: 448

Book Review: Medicine: A History Of Healing

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Medicine: A History of Healing is a book that describes medicine from before we can think of all the way up to now. It shows different cultures of the world and how they practice medicine. The opening chapters describe the chronology of medical history and the development of medical theory and practice around the world. The ebb and flow of knowledge from East to West and the divergence and convergence over time of disparate medical practices is brilliantly explained in the latter chapters. The history of medicine is dealt with thematically, concentrating in individual chapters on particular types of therapy. The achievements of the world’s great healers are also examined. Throughout, the choice the illustrations richly complements the text and provides the readers with a glorious visual panorama of the practice of the healing arts across the world. The final chapter looks specifically at how the two cultures have interacted and examines the reassertion of the holistic approach to health in Western cultures. This book examines the idea of integration rather than divergence, looking at the diverse traditions of healing all over the world, tracing their common roots, and showing how Eastern traditions and Western science are gradually coming together again to the benefit of humanity.
Authors: Roy Porter
Publishers: Marlowe & Company
Date of Publication: 1997
No. of pages: 224

Book Review: Surviving Medical School

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:24:31 +0000

This is a must read for medical students at all levels & provides excellent preparation for students anticipating medical school. It serves as a valuable shelf reference for medical school instructors, advisors & counselors. It offers an orientation to the hectic, anxious realm of medical education & a resource for coping with & succeeding in the medical school atmosphere. The book concludes with discussions about physician fallibility, residency & professional practice.
Authors: Robert Holman Coombs
Publishers: SAGE Publications
Date of Publication: 1998
No. of pages: 197