Featured New Book Titles, 02/22/07

Wintrobe's Atlas of Clinical Hematology / editors, Douglas C. Tkachuk, Jan V. Hirschmann. Philadelphia, PA : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

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Book Description (Amazon)
Featuring over 400 brilliantly sharp, high-resolution diagnostic digital photomicrographs combined with concise, clinically oriented text, this full-color atlas is a comprehensive pictorial guide to diagnostic hematology. Tied to the world-renowned textbook Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology, this brand-new atlas enables physicians to see and readily comprehend diseased tissues and understand the complex assays used in patient care.
The comprehensive pictorial collection covers all hematologic diseases and includes relevant clinical and radiological images, photomicrographs (surgical and autopsy specimens), and advanced diagnostic laboratory images including molecular assays, FISH, and cytogenetics. The color pictures are combined with diagrams and tables that help readers use "algorithmic" approaches to diagnosis. Two complementary formats allow readers to approach hematologic diseases from either Wintrobe's disease categorization perspective, or by an image-directed approach based on morphological pattern recognition in diseased tissues.
A bound-in DVD contains large high-resolution photomicrographs, digitally enhanced to allow readers to interact with components of the print image.

Guide to Neuropsychiatric Therapeutics / [edited by] C. Edward Coffey, Thomas W. McAllister, Jonathan M. Silver. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

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Review (Rittenhouse)

Written primarily by Fellows of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, this handbook offers practical, explicit, evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Concise, clinically oriented chapters cover all psychiatric and behavioral disorders associated with brain dysfunction. Each chapter describes the syndrome and its pathophysiology and provides evidence-based recommendations for assessment and biopsychosocial treatment. Additional chapters cover forensic neuropsychiatry and rational use of brain imaging and electrophysiology. This handy reference is ideally suited for use in the clinical setting. It is also an excellent review for the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties' certification exam in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry.


Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Cancer Care and Prevention : Foundation and Evidence-Based Interventions / editor, Marc S. Micozzi. New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2007.

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Book Description (Amazon)
According to the US National Center for Health Statistics and the US Centers for Disease Control (2004), up to eighty percent of cancer patients undergoing treatment by oncologists and radiation therapists also supplement their treatments with complementary and integrative medicine (CIM). This new book written by physicians and CIM experts from many disciplines, offers health care professionals the medical guidance needed to effectively learn and apply CIM modalities to cancer prevention, treatment and control. From a detailed presentation of the underlying science of cancer to a comprehensive review of therapies, history and legal aspects of CIM, this book is a must-have for all involved in the care of cancer patients. By presenting current evidence that CIM modalities may help improve quality of life and even help prolong survival in cancer patients, Dr. Marc S. Micozzi, presents a wide-range of solutions for managing the effective use of CIM as an adjunctive and supportive treatment.


Basics of Anesthesia / Robert K. Stoelting, Ronald D. Miller. Philadelphia : Churchill Livingstone, c2007.

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Book Description (Amazon)
Widely acknowledged as the foremost introductory text, this latest edition provides the most authoritative and complete overview of anesthesia theory and practice and continues to serve as an excellent primer on the scope and practice of anesthesiology. Superbly edited by two of the foremost experts in the field, the new edition is presented in full color and includes updated information on new and rapidly changing areas in anesthesia practice. The new topics include Approach to Learning Anesthesia; Medical Informatics; Basic Cardiopulmonary Physiology; Hemostasis; Congenital Heart Disease; Trauma; Bioterrorism; and Medical Direction in the Operating Room.

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Featured New Book Titles, 02/08/07

Heptinstall's Pathology of the Kidney. Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

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Book Description (Amazon)

Guided by the biggest names in renal pathology, the new Sixth Edition of this gold-standard text thoroughly examines the origins and manifestations of kidney disease. Experts offer careful pathologic descriptions, appropriate clinical correlations, and extensive discussions on causes and pathogenesis to clarify your understanding and facilitate easy, accurate diagnosis.
This edition is in full color throughout and extensively reorganized. You'll appreciate the hundreds of razor-sharp illustrations, the increased number of international contributors, and the addition of important new topics. Two volumes make specific information even easier to pinpoint and retrieve.


Mental Disorders in Older Adults : Fundamentals of Assessment and Treatment / Steven H. Zarit, Judy M. Zarit. New York : Guilford Press, c2007.

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Book Description (Amazon)
Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this book provides foundational knowledge and skills for mental health practice with older adults and their caregivers. The authors draw on research and clinical expertise to comprehensively address normal aging processes, frequently encountered clinical problems, and effective approaches to evaluation, psychotherapy, family support, and consultation in institutional settings. Updated throughout with the latest knowledge, the second edition features many new case examples, a new chapter on treating anxiety, and innovative assessment strategies. Increased attention is given to different forms of dementia and how to distinguish among them. Coverage of psychopharmacology and combined treatments also has been expanded.

Simulation in Anesthesia / Christopher J. Gallagher, S. Barry Issenberg. Philadelphia, Pa. : Saunders Elsevier, c2007.

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Book Description (Amazon)

Following up his best-selling Board Stiff TEE & Too manuals for the oral boards in anesthesiology, Dr. Gallagher has produced a step-by-step how-to guide on conducting an anesthesia simulation. Topics include which equipment to use as well as suggestions for simulation scenarios that will help train your staff with a theoretical basis for handling even the most unexpected complications. This simulation guide with video clips helps to close the gaps that may result when abnormal situations are not recognized quickly enough or the response to them is haphazard and slow. The result is a highly effective, enjoyable, and affordable tool on this increasingly important way to ensure resources are being managed effectively.

Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery / [edited by] Mark D. Walters, Mickey M. Karram. Philadelphia, PA : Mosby Elsevier, c2007.

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Book Description (Amazon)

Edited and authored by some of the most respected figures in the field, this newly revised book is your comprehensive guide to all areas of urogynecology, including urinary and fecal incontinence, urodynamic testing, management of genuine stress incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, overactive bladder, and much more. Uniquely organized to reflect a physicians decision-making process, this practical, clinically oriented text moves from basic concepts through to clinical and urodynamic evaluation, management, and treatment. Inside, youll find evidence-based assessments of appropriate therapies, along with algorithmic approaches to common complaints, and clear surgical illustrations. Exclusive to the third edition is a section addressing painful and irritative voiding disorders, including overactive bladder, as well as 20 new case presentations that offer opinions from the leading experts in urogynecology and urology.

Featured New Book Titles, 02/05/07

Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention / edited by David Schottenfeld, Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. ; associate editors, Graham A. Colditz, Jonathan M. Samet, Alice S. Whittemore. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Book Description- Amazon:
This much anticipated Third Edition provides a comprehensive presentation of the global burden and patterns of cancer occurrence, along with new developments in our understanding of cancer causation and prevention. Special attention is given to epidemiologic approaches that incorporate molecular biomarkers based on genomic and other emerging technologies, providing new insights into the role of genetic predisposition and gene-environment interactions in cancer induction. In addition, new chapters are included on social class disparities in cancer incidence and mortality, the role of obesity and physical inactivity in cancer etiology, the potential effects of electromagnetic fields and rediofrequency radiation, and the principles of cancer chemoprevention. The textbook is organized into five sections: Basic Concepts; The Magnitude of Cancer; The Causes of Cancer; Cancer by Tissue of Origin; Cancer Prevention and Control. In this new edition, Drs. David Schottenfeld and Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. have enlisted three distinguished Associate Editors: Drs. Jonathan Samet of Johns Hopkins University, Graham Colditz of Harvard University and Alice Whittemore of Stanford University.

In our Engel Collection:
The Soul of a Doctor : Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death / edited by Susan Pories, Sachin H. Jain, and Gordon Harper ; foreword by Jerome E. Groopman. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.

From Publishers Weekly
As Groopman states in his foreword, "each interaction between a doctor and a patient is a story." The moving stories of 44 doctors-in-training collected by two M.D.s (Pories and Harper) and one medical student (Jain), all at Harvard, are accounts written by medical students. Their tales convey lessons both emotional and medical, from learning how to communicate and empathize with those afflicted by illness to ways to ease suffering and loss. In one heartrending incident, David Y. Hwang describes a marine's rage followed by tears on hearing that his wife was going to die, while the wife herself remains in calm denial. Rajesh G. Shah explores how he learned from his first patient to overcome his judgmental attitude about those so beset by anxiety they cannot function without medication. In a particularly self-revelatory (and anonymous) piece, a student describes the endless hazing experience at the hands of interns and residents and the student's need to constantly manage a sense of insecurity. These are thoughtful and illuminating accounts of beginning physicians under stress, growing and changing as they progress through their chosen field. (June 2) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


The Trouble with Medical Journals / Richard Smith. London : Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd., c2006.

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Review from Rittenhouse Book Distributors:

"It is a turbulent time for journals publishing, with moves towards open access to scientific literature, the future of medical journals is uncertain and unpredictable. Richard Smith, former editor of the British Medical Journal, provides a refreshingly honest analysis of current and future trends in journal publishing including peer review, ethics in medical publishing, the influence of the pharmaceutical industry as well as that of the mass media, and the risk that money can cloud objectivity in publishing. A useful resource for anyone with an interest in medicine or medical journals."

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