Month: July 2015

Editor: Lene Arnett Jensen Publisher: Oxford University Press – 742 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram In this book, Lene Arnett Jensen uses what she describes as a “cultural-development approach” to studying human development.  She provides “a comprehensive synopsis of theory and research” in this specialty within psychology by looking at unique findings about different cultures around the world. This type of perspective includes: Cultural diversity within nations Cultural change Globalization This unique project was made possible with contributions from 99 specialists in various fields (aging, child study, education, human development, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, and sociology, to name some)...

(Translation from the Italian by Dr. Stefano Lauriola) Editors: Marco Rinaldi, MD, DMD; Scott D. Ganz, DMD; and Angelo Mottola, MD, DMD Publisher: Elsevier – 552 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The purpose of this book, its editors write, is to provide clinicians in dentistry, particularly in endodontics, orthodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontics and prosthodontics, with sound strategies and protocols for the diagnosis, assessment and successful treatment of patients who have minor and major anatomical obstacles. This book does not suggest that dental implants are a preferred form of treatment over other options. Nor does it mandate...

Editors: Ronald W. Busuttil, MD; and Goran B.G. Klintmalm, MD Publisher: Elsevier Saunders – 1,538 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The first liver transplant was performed in 1952 by Vittorio Staudacher at the University of Milan in Italy. It was on a dog. The first transplant of a liver on a human was done on March 01,1963 by Dr. T.E. Starzl at the University of Colorado in Denver, but the recipient, who had the liver disease biliary atresia, died from intra-operative bleeding. A second liver transplant on a human, which was a success, was also done by Dr....

Editors: Todd E. Rasmussen, MD; and Nigel R.M. Tai, QHS Publisher: Elsevier Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This book is unique: it is based on the real-life military experience of many of the editors and authors in the treatment of injury to blood vessels and nerves, particularly through surgeries and other treatment imperatives. The clinical experience, insight, knowledge, and perspective they have gained in the war environment have helped in making this book a very practical, relevant and useful guide for those who are involved in helping combat troops recover from injury and survive. Sixty-eight medical doctors and surgeons...