Month: February 2014

Authors: David Shier, Jackie Butler, and Ricki Lewis. Digital Authors: Leslie Day and Julie C. Pilcher Publisher: McGraw-Hill – 997 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani To benefit the most from the use of this book, we urge you to use its online resources as well, which are found on: www.mhhe.com/shier13. McGraw-Hill Connect Plus Anatomy & Physiology is an interactive learning platform that provides a customizable, assignable eBook, auto-graded assignments, an adaptive diagnostic tool, lecture capture, access to instructor resources, and powerful reporting – all in an easy-to-use interface. Learn more at:  www.mcgrawhillconnect.com A third website useful to you...

Authors: Gordon M. Wardlaw and Anne M. Smith Publisher: McGraw-Hill – 655 pages Book Review by: Laxmi Chaandi A lot of online resources are made available to you at: http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com to enable you (students and teachers) to benefit from numerous resources. In today’s world, bodies of knowledge are quickly expanding, so it makes sense to find the latest data and information on topics covered in this book from online resources available on the above-named website. Here are some specific ways you can benefit by going to the above-mentioned web address: Save time with auto-graded assessments and tutorials Gather assessment...

Author: Adam Greenspan, MD, FACR Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 986 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This massive work of nearly a thousand pages is a wonder at first sight! Upon opening it, I could not find a list of contributors, as is the case with books of this size and even smaller ones. Not only does it contain a huge amount of information including more than 4,000 high-quality images, it is mainly the work of one person: the internationally-renowned and eminent musculoskeletal radiologist Dr, Adam Greenspan. He is not just the editor; he...

Authors:  Justin M. Simpson and Glendon L. Moriarty Publisher: Columbia University Press – 209 pages Book Review by:  Laxmi Chaandi More than 18 million people in the United States – about six percent of the 2010 population of around 308 million – have some form of severe mental illness. Among those 18 years or older, about 14 million are severely mentally ill. (US Census Bureau, 2011a). These numbers cited by the authors of this book are staggering, but the case studies they discuss will make you shake your head at the least, or cry. If you are a psychiatrist...

Editors: Lee L. Swanstrom, MD, Nathaniel J. Soper, MD, in conjunction with Michael E. Leonard (Medical Illustrator) and Steven Leeds, MD (Video Link Editor) Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 704 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Minimally-invasive surgery has become the accepted norm of today, the editors of this book declare in their Preface. This book shows you just how many kinds of procedures are being performed this way these days. It covers an extensive range of endoscopic and laparoscopic surgeries, with 118 contributors from the United States, and Australia, Canada, France, Germany Japan, and...