Month: October 2015

Editor: Dana S. Dunn Publisher: Oxford University Press – 927 pages Book Review by: Laxmi Chaandi This book has been written primarily for college- and university-level teachers of psychology. It provides comprehensive coverage of teaching, pedagogy, and professional issues in psychology. It has been developed to help psychology educators improve their performance in all aspects of their work, from teaching their first courses to developing their careers to serving as department or program administrators. This book could also be useful to teachers of social sciences such as education, political science and sociology. Specifically, this book has been developed to...

(Part of the Oxford Handbooks Series on Criminology and Criminal Justice) Editors: Rosemary Gartner and Bill McCarthy Publisher: Oxford University Press – 723 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar A book of this kind is rare and valuable because most others deal with research only on males when it comes to crime, gender, and sex. Very few books out there discuss research as it pertains to females. Research on crime, gender and sex has been expanding in recent years to include: Studies from a variety of disciplines A growing number of countries A wider range of crimes Fifty-five professors...

Editors: Kai Matthes, MD; Anjolie E. Laubach, MD; Ellen Wang, MD; and T. Anthony Anderson, MD Publisher: Oxford University Press – 698 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani It was only in 2013 that board certification in pediatric anesthesiology became a requirement. The reason for this? To formally recognize the need for expertise in perioperative care of children for surgical, and even diagnostic procedures. Within the field of pediatric anesthesiology, there are those that specialize in management of chronic pain, and regional anesthesia guided by ultrasound. So no doubt this field is expanding, just as other medical subspecialties. So...

Editors: Peter E. Nathan, PhD; and Jack M. Gorman, MD Publisher: Oxford University Press – 956 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This book is for professionals in the field of mental health who help people that have a variety of problems, including those that affect their physical health and well-being. In this book, you will find detailed research- and experience-based information on pharmacological and psychological treatments that work on a long list of disorders relating to human thought and action, which we name below. Seventy-three PhDs and MDs from all over the United States who study, research, and...

Authors: Marshall J. Breger and Gary J. Edles Publisher: Oxford University Press – 562 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar The average person likely does not know that there are 35 entities at the federal (for the non-U.S. reader: national) level of government that have enormous power over the private sector. They are tasked with various functions. They are called “independent agencies.” We’ll get to why they are considered “independent” in a bit, but first, something about what they are and what they do. Some of these bodies or panels of people are well known, such as the Federal...