Reviews (5)

Decent book
What can I say, its a mini version of The Language of Medicine. It has all the terms and test and abbreviations. I have not had a chance to use it yet, but my professor who has been in the field of translation and interpreting for 16 years now, swears by it.Its even a great book to have if you are a native English speaker but cannot understand the medical mumbo-jumbo your doctor is telling you.

Hiddencosts
I do love the book and CD itself, the book is very thorough and has alot of excellent illustrations and reviewing material.I do wish the website services were free and was supported by AOL, but otherwise this is a fantastic book andthank you.
great shortcuts
I found this book to be a very useful tool not only with my classes but also my job in the medical field ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries & Terminology    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Terminal Care    5. Medical / Dictionaries & Terminology    6. Medicine: General Issues   

Reviews (4)

A Must for Practitioners of Pediatrics!
The 5-minute pediatric consult is written in an easy to read outline format. The writers have eliminated unnecesary obscure data and offer a concise outline of all major pediatric diseases. The topics are designed tobe read in 5 minutes or less and all the up to date information to diagnoseand treat a specific illness is included. The topics are alphabetized, sothey are easy to look up. The writers are accomplised experts in theirfields and the book has been edited by the distinguished Dr. Schwartz, atthe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. As a professor of Pediatrics, Ihighly recommend this book to practicing pediatricians, familypractitioners, nurses and students.

waiting for the CD!
when will the CD be available?I travel to several schools providing healthcare to uninsured children and would like to use this valuable reference. (a PNP)

an excellent quick reference for most of what i want to know
love the format. listed alphabetically, the items are presented in a easyto read format. Just about all I want to know about the problem whenworking in a busy office. I can read more later but this gets the job done.an excellent 90's type of book. where is the CD? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diagnosis    2. Handbooks    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Internal Medicine    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Pediatrics    8. Medical / Pediatrics    9. Paediatric medicine   

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Managing Director - Ultrasound Imaging Center
Outstanding book from an extremely talented group of authors. Every medical professional involved in ultrasound and Maternal Fetal Medicine should have their own personal copy.
A must-have for MFM specialists and Obstetricians.
This is a superb resource for the clinician that deals with prenatal diagnosis! The authors are well-respected authorities in their fields and present the information in a concise, clinically relevant and well-illustrated fashion. No prenatal care clinic should be without a copy of this textbook! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abnormalities    2. Diagnostic Imaging    3. Diseases    4. Fetus    5. Gynecology & Obstetrics    6. Imaging    7. Magnetic resonance imaging    8. Medical    9. Medical / Nursing    10. Obstetrical Imaging    11. Perinatology & Neonatology    12. Radiology    13. Ultrasonic imaging    14. Materno-fetal medicine    15. Medical / Ultrasonography    16. Medical diagnosis    17. Medical imaging   

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Excellent clinical reference
Excellent guide, gives complete information about all current lab tests. Quick reference to supplement classroom learning. Easy to read. Very relevant to nursing care plans for pre and post testing, and normal value ranges. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diagnosis, Laboratory    2. Handbooks    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Laboratory Techniques and Procedures    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Nursing    8. Nursing - Fundamentals & Skills    9. Nursing - Pharmacology    10. Medical diagnosis   

Subjects:  1. Diagnosis    2. Diagnostic Techniques and Proc    3. Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures    4. Diseases    5. Genetics    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Pediatrics    9. Perioperative Care    10. Reference    11. Signs and Symptoms    12. Syndrome    13. Syndromes    14. Medical / Pediatrics    15. Medical genetics    16. Paediatric medicine   

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i needed it for class
I bought this book because I had to have it for school,
More than the essentials
Essentials for the Activity Professional in Long Term Care turned out to be much more than just the essentials. The book is well thought out, and goes into detail when it is needed. I believe that it would be valuable to both the seasoned long term care manager, as well as those new to the field. I particularly liked the "Key Terms" and "Objectives" at the beginning of each chapter, which was great for quickly seeing what REALLY is included in a chapter, which is often difficult to tell in textbooks just from the chapter title. The book also includes facsimiles of actual forms in the documentation section, and there is nothing quite like seeing the real thing. A very well rounded look at long term care. Lots of pictures and charts keep things moving along, and there are self-assessment exams. I would recommend this book to anyone in long term care, regardless of their position. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Allied Health Services - Medical Assistants    3. Health Care Delivery    4. Long-Term Care    5. Long-Term Patient Care    6. Long-term care facilities    7. Medical    8. Medical / Nursing    9. Nursing - General    10. Recreation For Special Groups    11. Recreational activities    12. Terminal Care    13. United States    14. organization & administration    15. Care of the elderly    16. Community care    17. Medical / Nursing / General    18. Nursing   

Reviews (4)

Easy to read
This is a concise and easy-to-understand overview of the topic. Unlike a lot of textbooks, this one can be read cover-to-cover without too much effort. Once you've read it, you're equipped to handle endometrial currettage specimens in your daily pathology practice. The only down-side is that many of the pictures are in black-and-white. But there are color photos as well. Overall, this is a wonderful book!

must to read
This book, I feel, is a "must to read" book for diagnostic pathologists who are involved in signing-out practice. I appreciate color microphotos, and well-organized texts, describing a variety of endometrial lesions, in this new edition.

An extremely useful book for the practicing surgical pathologist
I see on average 5 endometrial biopsies a day. This book is a gem in the pathology literature: equally useful on the theoreticalandpracticallevel. It answers questions the standard books of general gynecologic pathology don't. Superb. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biopsy    2. Cytodiagnosis    3. Cytopathology    4. Diseases    5. Endometrium    6. Gynecology & Obstetrics    7. Medical    8. Medical / Nursing    9. Pathology    10. Endometrial Biopsy    11. Medical / Pathology    12. Medical diagnosis   

Subjects:  1. Diagnosis    2. Diseases    3. Electrodiagnosis    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Nervous system    7. Neurology - General    8. methods    9. Medical / Neurology    10. Medical diagnosis    11. Medical equipment & techniques    12. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

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Great office "partner"
As a solo general surgeon just out of residency, I have found this text very helpful in constructing DDx and planning Tx. And, with no GI doc in town, I've found myself handling work-ups that they generally would handle such as chronic diarrhea, dysphagia or IBS.It helps me quickly and efficiently find an answer to a problem patient, whether it be in the office or after an EGD or colonoscopy that reveals unexpected/unfamiliar findings. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diagnosis    2. Diseases    3. Gastroenterology    4. Gastrointestinal system    5. Health/Fitness    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Medical / Gastroenterology   

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Useful for Research
I am a Junior nursing student and found this book extremely useful. I used this extensively when working on assigned case studies and as an overall reference tool to help me understand the importance of RBC counts, WBC counts, etc and their effects on the body.
location of author
Please note that the author is at the UNIVERSITY OF SF (USF) a private Jesuit schoolnot the same as the University of California at SF (UCSF)

Core Collection in Nursing
This book was selected to be included in "Core Collection in Nursing and the Allied Health Sciences" from Oryx Press. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diagnosis    2. Diagnosis, Laboratory    3. Laboratory Medicine    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Nursing - Assessment & Diagnosis    7. Nursing - General    8. Nursing Practice    9. Nursing diagnosis    10. Medical / Nursing / General    11. Medical equipment & techniques    12. Surgical nursing   

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Passing your Certification Exam?
I bought this book back in Jan/Feb 05 to prepare for my CMA certification this summer.It is an easy book to follow and it covers everything! I'd highly recommend it.Oh& yes I passed with flying colors...: )
Sauder's MA Book
My teacher recommended this book and I think it is excellent.I would recommend this book to anyone.... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Medical Assistants    2. Examinations, questions, etc    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Medical assistants    6. Physician's Assistants    7. Physicians    8. Medical / Allied Health Services / Medical Assistants   

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Great for anyone considering to become a doctor
This book was great, but most of it was common sense knowlege. I had wished it had gone into more detail about medical shool etc...The ending of the book sort of just dropped off, I kind of expected more. But it was a real eye opener, and it showsthat as long as you put your mind to something you can be anything you want to. A great self motivator!

Good only if your just starting your research
I found this book pretty superficial. It includes a lot of common sense ancedotes that, if you've done much research at all, will sound very repetitive. This is a great book
I have read this book a number of times over the past several years.I very much enjoyed reading it and felt it was instrumental in my journey towards medical school.I suggest it to any pre-med. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Admission    2. Business & Economics    3. Career Planning (General)    4. Career/Job    5. Careers - General    6. Careers / Job Opportunities    7. Education & Training    8. Medical colleges    9. Medicine    10. Practice Of Medicine    11. Study and teaching    12. Vocational guidance    13. Business & Economics / Careers    14. General practice   

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Is it really good?
The eleventh edition is good in many aspects. But it cannot be denied that it is not as good as Koneman's book. Bailey and Scott is more suitable only for the bench technicians and not for researchers and graduate students. The book churns out table after table, in the name of comparative analysis. A student's mind will have difficulty in memorising and reproducing tables in the exam. In that sense, the lucid style of presentation in Koneman is commendable. Probably, the author of B&S did not have 'the student' in their mind when they wrote it. Another grossly lacking area is Parasitology. When compared to books written by Indian authors like SC Parija and Chatterjea, Bailey and Scott lags far behind. Probably, it is because parasitic infections are less in the US, which is why this area has been under emphasised.
Um bom livro de consulta
Um bom livro de consulta, um bom livro para estudo sistematizado de microbiologia.

Microbiology
This book was a very useful tool in the class that I took.The pictures were very helful in determining different parasites and understanding how species are very related,but different. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Medical Technology    2. Diagnostic microbiology    3. Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medical Microbiology    7. Microbiological Techniques    8. Microbiology    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Medical / Allied Health Services / Medical Technology    11. Medical diagnosis    12. Medical microbiology & virology   

Subjects:  1. Cytodiagnosis    2. Diagnosis    3. Histology    4. Histology, Pathological    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Neoplasms    8. Pathology    9. Pathology, Clinical    10. Medical / Pathology   

Subjects:  1. Cardiology    2. Cardiovascular Diseases    3. Diagnosis    4. Exercise Test    5. Exercise tests    6. Heart function tests    7. Human Exercise Physiology    8. Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology    9. Medical    10. Medical / Nursing    11. Stress (Physiology)    12. methods    13. Biomechanics, human kinetics    14. Cardiovascular medicine    15. Medical / Cardiology    16. Medical diagnosis    17. Medicine | Cardiology   

Subjects:  1. Bioethical Issues    2. Decision making    3. Ethics    4. Mediation    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medical care    7. Medical ethics    8. Philosophy   

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A great review of the Code of Ethics with clear examples.
This book is a must-have for the counselor or the counseling graduate student.Each section of the Code of Ethics is set forth with two applicableexamples.One example is the "do" and one example isthe "don't."These examples clarify the Code and make it muchmore understandable. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American Counseling Associatio    2. Business Ethics    3. Case studies    4. Counseling    5. Counselors    6. General    7. Moral and ethical aspects    8. Professional ethics    9. Psychology    10. Reference    11. United States    12. Counselling    13. Medical ethics   

Subjects:  1. Clinical trials    2. Ethics    3. Ethics, Research    4. Human experimentation in medic    5. Human experimentation in medicine    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Medical ethics    9. Moral and ethical aspects    10. Research    11. Political Science / International Relations   

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Good guide to EBM
Greenhalgh's book is a great read for someone familiar with medical and research terminology. As a med student, I loved it and found it very practical. It contains a great deal of material on how to evaluate the type, methodology, and statistical methods of research papers. There is no glossary, and in places the layout is hard to look at.

Short on Substance
"How to Read a Paper" reads more like a short essay than a book.While it is well written and often full of spirited discussion, this text is somewhat short on substance and generally too simplistic.The author rarely delves beyond the surface when explaining and exporoing this field, leaving me, at least, unsatisfied.Whereas a simplistic approach to any field may be useful, the amplification of themes once introduced is where real learning occurs.This book falls short, where several other excellent texts in this field carry on.I do like the author's style, and would encourage her to scribe a more thorough text... but if I were you I'd wait for that effort before buying this one.

A good place to start
Greenhalgh's book is a good place to start if you want to learn how to consume research articles.The target audience for this book is those primarily interested in health research, but it useful for all those whomust make their way through journal articles.Greenhalgh goes through thebasics and touches on important issues.However, it is important to pointout that this book is only a first step in understanding how to readjournal articles. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Clinical Chemistry    2. Evaluation    3. Evidence-based medicine    4. General    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Medical literature    8. Medicine    9. Research    10. Epidemiology & medical statistics    11. Medical / Clinical Medicine    12. Medical diagnosis   

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The best cardiac MRI book
I have looked at several cardiac MRI books and this is the best I have seen. Still a little wordy, but more practical than the other books out there. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cardiology    2. Diagnostic Imaging    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Radiology    6. Medical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine    7. Medical diagnosis    8. Medical imaging    9. cardiac techniques    10. cardiovascular imaging    11. great vessels    12. heart    13. magnetic resonance