NEW BOOKS----
Cope’s Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen (2010) by William Silen
An updated version of the classic text on the initial approach to abdominal pain.
Call Number :
WI
900
S582c
2010
Critical Care Medicine : the Essentials (2010) by John Marini
The essentials of medical and surgical critical care in an easy-to-read format.
Call Number:
WX
218
M339c
2010
Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care (2009) by Nairah Rasul and Mehmood Syed
From the back cover of the book—this book has been “specifically written with the needs of primary care physicians in mind. It examines the potential causes of common presentations and aims to help the physician differentiate between diseases, using history and examination alone.”
Call Number:
WB
39
R231d
2009
Guidelines for Women’s Health Care : A Resource Manual (2007)
Published by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, whose web site describes the text as drawing “from a wide spectrum of sources to define principles of health care and management for diverse types of delivery systems and to outline the role of ob-gyns and other providers in hospital and office practice”.
Call Number:
WA
309
G9
2007
Management of Common Problems in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2010) edited by T. Murphy
Amazon.com’s product review says, “this practical book provides current and effective evaluation and treatment options currently available for the full spectrum of conditions affecting women. In easy to consume, bite-sized chapters, it ranges from diseases occurring during pregnancy and the perinatal period, through general gynecologic conditions from childhood to old age, gynecologic urology, oncology, reproductive medicine and family planning.”
Call Number:
WP
140
M26
2010
Obstetrics and Gynecology (2010) by Charles Beckmann
The revised 6th edition of the ACOG text.
Call Number:
WP
140
O14
2010
Willing and Unable (2010) by Lori Freedman
An Amazon review says, “Willing and Unable explores the social world where abortion politics and mainstream medicine collide. The author interviewed physicians of obstetrics and gynecology around the United States to find out why physicians rarely integrate abortion into their medical practice. While abortion stigma, violence, and political contention provide some explanation, her findings demonstrate that willing physicians are further encumbered by a variety of barriers within their practice environments.
Structural barriers to the mainstream practice of abortion effectively institutionalize the buck-passing of abortion patients to abortion clinics. As the author notes, "Public-health-minded HMOs and physician practices could significantly change the world of abortion care if they stopped outsourcing it."
Drawing from forty in-depth interviews, the book presents a challenge to a commonly held assumption that physicians decide whether or not to provide abortion based on personal ideology. Physician narratives demonstrate how their choices around learning, doing, and even having abortions themselves disrupt the pro-choice/pro-life moral and political binary.”
And if you missed reading two important books from the fairly recent past, we have newly donated copies of:
Guns, Germs, and Steel : the Fates of Human Societies (2005) by Jared Diamond
This book explores how social evolution favored the dominance of Western civilization. The updated edition includes a new afterword about the modern world.
Call Number:
HM
206
D.48
2005
Plagues and Peoples (1976) by William McNeill
This acclaimed work looks at how disease shaped the course of history.
WC
11.1
M169p
1976
Stop by and "check" these out.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
New Books and AV Materials
The new MKSAP 15 Digital 2010(Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program) is here. The program is available on all of the library's computers and on a CD-ROM, which you can check out. It's not kept in our Audio-Visual Cabinet. You'll need to see the librarian to get it.
We have three new books available:
1. The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care (2009) by Clayton M. Christensen. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Christensen is also co-founder of Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and Innosight Institute, a non-profit think tank. He is the author or coauthor of five books including the New York Times bestsellers The Innovator's Dilemma, The Innovator's Solution and most recently, Disrupting Class. He also serves as a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
An editorial review at Amazon.com says,
"The Innovator’s Prescription is a comprehensive analysis of the strategies that will improve health care and make it affordable. Christensen applies the principles of disruptive innovation to the broken health care system with two pioneers in the field—Dr. Jerome Grossman and Dr. Jason Hwang. Together, they examine a range of symptoms and offer proven solutions."
This book was donated by Steve Tremain M.D.
The call number is:
WA
540
AA1
C5541
2009
2. Clinical Manual for Treatment of Alcoholism and Addictions (2010) by Avram H Mack, Amy L. Harrington, and Richard J. Frances. Dr Mack is Attending Physician at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Amy L. Harrington, M.D., is Physician at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Richard J. Frances, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University, New York City; Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey; and Director of Professional and Public Education at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut.
This book provides a concise overview of addiction treatment issues relevant to clinicians who are involved in the care of patients with substance use disorders. In addition to covering specific addictive substances in detail including epidemiology, presentation, and diagnosis, as well as polysubstance abuse and psychiatric comorbidity, the manual also addresses underlying issues related to specific patient populations, such as children and adolescents, seniors, and the mentally and physically handicapped.
The call number is:
WM
34
M153c
2010
3. The 3-Minute Musculoskeletal and Peripheral Nerve Exam (2009) by Alan Miller, Kimberley Heckert, and Brian Davis. Alan Miller, MD is a pain fellow at the Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kimberly Heckert, MD is an attending physician at the Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Brian A. Davis, MD is an Associate Professor in the Department of PM&R at the University of California Davis Medical Center.
This is a clear, concise, and accessible reference for conducting a thorough musculoskeletal and peripheral nerve examination in a clinical setting.
The call number is :
WE
39
M647z
2009
Please come check out these new resources.
We have three new books available:
1. The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care (2009) by Clayton M. Christensen. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Christensen is also co-founder of Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and Innosight Institute, a non-profit think tank. He is the author or coauthor of five books including the New York Times bestsellers The Innovator's Dilemma, The Innovator's Solution and most recently, Disrupting Class. He also serves as a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
An editorial review at Amazon.com says,
"The Innovator’s Prescription is a comprehensive analysis of the strategies that will improve health care and make it affordable. Christensen applies the principles of disruptive innovation to the broken health care system with two pioneers in the field—Dr. Jerome Grossman and Dr. Jason Hwang. Together, they examine a range of symptoms and offer proven solutions."
This book was donated by Steve Tremain M.D.
The call number is:
WA
540
AA1
C5541
2009
2. Clinical Manual for Treatment of Alcoholism and Addictions (2010) by Avram H Mack, Amy L. Harrington, and Richard J. Frances. Dr Mack is Attending Physician at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Amy L. Harrington, M.D., is Physician at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Richard J. Frances, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University, New York City; Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey; and Director of Professional and Public Education at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut.
This book provides a concise overview of addiction treatment issues relevant to clinicians who are involved in the care of patients with substance use disorders. In addition to covering specific addictive substances in detail including epidemiology, presentation, and diagnosis, as well as polysubstance abuse and psychiatric comorbidity, the manual also addresses underlying issues related to specific patient populations, such as children and adolescents, seniors, and the mentally and physically handicapped.
The call number is:
WM
34
M153c
2010
3. The 3-Minute Musculoskeletal and Peripheral Nerve Exam (2009) by Alan Miller, Kimberley Heckert, and Brian Davis. Alan Miller, MD is a pain fellow at the Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kimberly Heckert, MD is an attending physician at the Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Brian A. Davis, MD is an Associate Professor in the Department of PM&R at the University of California Davis Medical Center.
This is a clear, concise, and accessible reference for conducting a thorough musculoskeletal and peripheral nerve examination in a clinical setting.
The call number is :
WE
39
M647z
2009
Please come check out these new resources.
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