Grading Key ★★★★★ = outstanding; ★★★★ = excellent; ★★★ = good; ★★ = fair; ★ = poor
Pediatric Nuclear Medicine/PET, 3rd ed,with DVD edited by S. T. Treves, 538 pp, with illus, $169, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Rational Medical Decision Making: A Case-Based Approach, by Goutham Rao, 269 pp, with illus, $34.95, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2007
Menopause, edited by Rebekah Wang-Cheng, Joan M. Neuner, and Vanessa M. Barnabei, 212 pp, with illus, $45, Independence Mall West, Sixth Street at Race, Philadelphia, PA, 19106-1572, American College of Physicians, 2007
Primary Care Sleep Medicine: A Practical Guide, edited by James F. Pagel and S. R. Pandi-Perumal, 334 pp, with illus, $99.50, Totowa, Humana Press, 2007
Infectious Diseases in Critical Care, 2nd ed, edited by Jordi Rello, Marin Kollef, Emili Díaz, and Alejandro Rodríguez, 616 pp, with illus, $229, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: From Basic Research to Clinical Practice, Contemporary Endocrinology series, edited by Andrea C. Gore, 361 pp, with illus, $139, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Goldfrank's Manual of Toxicologic Emergencies, edited by Robert S. Hoffman, Lewis S. Nelson, Mary Ann Howland, Neal A. Lewin, Neal E. Flomenbaum, and Lewis R. Foldfrank, 1126 pp, with illus, $44.95, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2007
Intervening in the Brain: Changing Psyche and Society, Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, Vol 29, by R. Merkel, G. Boer, J. Fegert, T. Galert, D. Hartmann, B. Nuttin, and S. Rosahl, 533 pp, with illus, $99, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Physiology, Master Medicine series, by J. G. McGeown, 321 pp, with illus, $39.95, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 2007
What They Didn't Teach You at Medical School, by Alan V. Parbhoo, 107 pp, with illus, $44.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
HIV, 3rd ed, edited by Howard Libman and Harvey J. Makadon, 450 pp, with illus, $44.95, Independence Mall West, Sixth Street at Race, Philadelphia, PA, 19106-1572, American College of Physicians, 2007
Taybi and Lachman's Radiology of Syndromes, Metabolic Disorders, and Skeletal Dysplasias, 5th ed, by Ralph S. Lachman, 1365 pp, with illus, $279, Chicago, IL, Mosby, 2007
Thyroid Cancer in Clinical Practice, by I. Ross McDougall, 163 pp, with illus, $49.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Cardiac CT Angiography Manual, by Robert Pelberg and Wojciec Mazur, 142 pp, with illus, $49.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Criminal Profiling: International Theory, Research, and Practice, edited by Richard N. Kocsis, 413 pp, with illus, $99, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Visual Prosthesis and Ophthalmic Devices: New Hope in Sight, with CD-ROM, edited by Joyce Tombran-Tink, Colin J. Barnstable, and Joseph F. Rizzo III, 276 pp, with illus, $199, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Rhinologic and Sleep Apnea Surgical Techniques, with DVD, edited by Stilianos E. Kountakis and Metin Önerci, 433 pp, with illus, $199, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Arrhythmogenic RV Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia: Recent Advances, edited by Frank I. Marcus, Andrea Nava, and Gaetano Thiene, 217 pp, with illus, $169, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Mechanisms of Insulin Action, edited by Alan R. Saltiel and Jeffrey E. Pessin, 214 pp, with illus, $159, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
The Leydig Cell in Health and Disease, edited by Anita H. Payne and Matthew P. Hardy, 471 pp, with illus, $139, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Drug Prescribing in Renal Failure: Dosing Guidelines for Adults and Children, 5th ed, by George R. Aronoff, William M. Bennett, Jeffrey S. Berns, Michael E. Brier, Nishaminy Kasbekar, Bruce A. Mueller, Grading Key Deborah A. Pasko et al., 272 pp, $39.95, Independence Mall West, Sixth Street at Race, Philadelphia, PA, 19106-1572, American College of Physicians, 2007
NATO and Terrorism on Scene: New Challenges for First Responders and Civil Protection, edited by Frances L. Edwards and Friedrich Steinhäusler, 262 pp, with illus, $79.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Living With Coronary Disease, by Clive Handler and Gerry Coghlan, 260 pp, with illus, $39.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Vienna: A Doctor's Guide, by Wolfgang Regal and Michael Nanut, 189 pp, with illus, $24.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Internal Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures: An Atlas, edited by Jenö Maárolynninger, Ulrich Bosch, Péter Cserháti, Károly Fekete, and Gyögy Kazár, 310 pp, with illus, $189, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Adams's Outline of Fractures, 12th ed, by David L. Hamblen and A Hamish R. W. Simpson, 328 pp, with illus, $63.95, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 2007
Psychiatry Clerkship Guide, 2nd ed, edited by Myrl R. S. Manley, 520 pp, with illus, $36.95, Chicago, IL, Mosby, 2007
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship Guide, edited by Shahab S. Minassian and Mark B. Woodland, 491 pp, with illus, $34.95, Chicago, IL, Mosby, 2007
Mortality and Maldevelopment, Part I: Congenital Cardiovascular Malformations, by Harold Kalter, 222 pp, $139, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Current News in Cardiology, edited by Michele M. Gulizia, 447 pp, with illus, $159, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
The Thymus Gland: Diagnosis and Surgical Management, edited by K. Anastasiadis and C. Ratnatunga, 112 pp, with illus, $99, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Elsevier's Integrated Pharmacology, by Mark Kester, Kent E. Vrana, Sadeq A. Quraishi, and Kelly D. Karpa, 235 pp, with illus, $39.95, Chicago, IL, Mosby, 2007
Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics, 2nd ed, edited by William B. White, 493 pp, with illus, $99, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Management of the Addicted Patient in Primary Care, by Heidi A. Pomm and Raymond M. Pomm, 158 pp, with illus, $49.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Virology: Principles and Applications, by John Carter and Venetia Saunders, 358 pp, with illus, $65, Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
Cancer Control: Knowledge into Action, edited by World Health Organization, 48 pp, with illus, $13.50, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, WHO Press, 2007
The Achilles Tendon, edited by Nicola Maffulli and Louis C. Almekinders, 284 pp, with illus, $249, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Cartilage Repair Strategies, edited by Riley J. Williams III, 374 pp, with illus, $229, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Specialist Training in Neurology, by R. Jon L. Walters, Adrian Wills, and Philip Smith, 319 pp, with illus, $79.95, Chicago, IL, Mosby, 2007
Pediatric Neuropathology: A Text-Atlas, by Dawn Armstrong, William Halliday, Cynthia Hawkins, and Sachio Takashima, 426 pp, with illus, $299, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Prostate Cancer: Biology, Genetics, and the New Therapeutics, 2nd ed, edited by Leland W. K. Chung, William B. Isaacs, and Jonathan W. Simons, 508 pp, with illus, $179, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Pediatric Orthopaedic Secrets, 3rd ed, edited by Lynn T. Staheli and Kit M. Song, 606 pp, with illus, $44.95, Chicago, IL, Mosby, 2007
Master Medicine: Clinical Anatomy, 2nd ed, by Stanley Monkhouse, 378 pp, with illus, $39.95, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 2007
Tissue-Specific Estrogen Action: Novel Mechanisms, Novel Ligands, Novel Therapies?, edited by K. S. Korach and T. Wintermantel, 181 pp, with illus, $89.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Fecal Incontinence: Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by Carlo Ratto and Giovanni B. Doglietto, 362 pp, with illus, $229, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Genetics in Medicine, 7th ed, by Robert L. Nussbaum, Roderick R. McInnes, and Huntington F. Willard, 585 pp, with illus, $62.95, Philadelphia, PA, Saunders, 2007
On Call Neurology, 3rd ed, edited by Randolph S. Marshall and Stephan A. Mayer, 505 pp, with illus, $36.95, Philadelphia, PA, Saunders, 2007
In Vivo Imaging of Cancer Therapy, Cancer Drug Discovery and Development edited by Anthony F. Shields and Pat Price, 326 pp, with illus, $169, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
A Clinical Guide to Epileptic Syndromes and Their Treatment, 2nd ed, by C. P. Panayiotopoulos, 578 pp, with illus, $99, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Robotic Radiosurgery: Treating Tumors that Move with Respiration, edited by Harold C. Urschel Jr, 317 pp, with illus, $169, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
A History of Plastic Surgery, with CD-ROM, by Paolo Santoni-Rugiu and Philip J. Sykes, 395 pp, with illus, $329, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Heart Failure: A Practical Approach to Treatment, edited by William T. Abraham and Henry Krum, 322 pp, with illus, $85.95, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2007
Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in America: Beyond the IOM Report, edited by Richard Allen Williams, 398 pp, with illus, $59.50, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Integrative Cardiology: Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the Heart, edited by John H. K. Vogel and Mitchell W. Krucoff, 595 pp, with illus, $69.95, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2007
Cardiac PET and PET/CT Imaging, edited by Marcelo F. Di Carli and Martin J. Lipton, 466 pp, with illus, $149, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Investing in E-Health: What it Takes to Sustain Consumer Health Informatics, Health Informatics series, edited by David H. Gustafson, Patricia Flatley Brennan, and Robert P. Hawkins, 234 pp, with illus, $79.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Psychological Challenges in Obstetrics and Gynecology, edited by Jayne Cockburn and Michael E. Pawson, 332 pp, with illus, $79.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Quality of Life Impairment in Schizophrenia, Mood and Anxiety Disorders, edited by Michael S. Ritsner and A. George Awad, 388 pp, with illus, $199, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 3rd ed,with DVD edited by Lawrence H. Cohn, 1704 pp, with illus, $265, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2007
Seasonal Affective Disorder for Dummies, by Laura L. Smith and Charles H. Elliott, 333 pp, with illus, $19.99, Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
Handbook of Drug Monitoring: Therapeutics and Drugs of Abuse, edited by Amitava Dasgupta, 445 pp, with illus, $129, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2008
Retinal Vascular Disease, edited by Aantonia M. Joussen, Thomas W. Gardner, Bernd Kirchhof, and Stephen J. Ryan, 778 pp, with illus, $169, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
High-Yield Physiology, by Ronald W. Dudek, 240 pp, with illus, $24.95, Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008
Liver Immunology: Principles and Practice, edited by M. Eric Gershwin, John M. Vierling, and Michael P. Manns, 486 pp, with illus, $169, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Treatment, edited by Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis, John E. Nestler, Dimitrios Panidis, and Renato Pasquali, 487 pp, with illus, $169, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Understanding Global Health, edited by William H. markle, Melanie A. Fisher, and Raymond A. Smego Jr, 362 pp, with illus, $34.95, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2007
Late Effects of Cancer Treatment on Normal Tissues,Radiology series, edited by P. Rubin, L. S. Constine, L. B. Marks, and P. Okunieff, 140 pp, with illus, $99, New York, NY, Springer, 2008
Imaging in Transplantation, Medical Radiology series, edited by A. Bankier, 254 pp, with illus, $169, New York, NY, Springer, 2008
Everyone's Guide to Cancer Survivorship: A Road Map for Better Health, edited by Ernest H. Rosenbaum, David Spiegel, Patricia Fobair, and Holly Gauthier, 349 pp, with illus, $19.95, 4520 Main St, Kansas City, MO 64111, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2007
Energy Metabolism and Obesity: Research and Clinical Applications, Contemporary Endocrinology series, edited by Patricia A. Donohoue, 302 pp, with illus, $165, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2008
Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, by Jon A. Jacobson, 345 pp, with illus, $79, Philadelphia, PA, Saunders, 2007
Extended-Matching Questions for Finals, 2nd ed, by John Alcolado and M. Afzal Mir, 414 pp, $39.95, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 2007
Practical Evaluation and Management Coding, by Christopher L. Taylor, 126 pp, with illus, $29.95, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Radioguided Surgery: A Comprehensive Team Approach, edited by Giuliano Mariani and H. William Strauss, 297 pp, with illus, $179, New York, NY, Springer, 2008
Pancreatic Cytopathology, by David C. Chhieng and Edward B. Stelow, 197 pp, with illus, $59.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Secrets, 3rd ed, by Bryan J. O'Young, Mark A. Young, and Steven A. Stiens, 748 pp, with illus, $46.95, Chicago, IL, Mosby, 2008
Chronic Hepatitis: Metabolic, Cholestatic, Viral and Autoimmune, Falk Symposium series, edited by A. M. Diehl, N. Hayashi, M. P. Manns, and T. Sauerbruch, 253 pp, with illus, $219, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Public Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities, edited by Robert Greifinger, 576 pp, with illus, $89.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Nutritional and Gastrointestinal Disease, edited by Mark H. DeLegge, 334 pp, with illus, $99, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2008
Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, edited by Lisa B. Zaoutis and Vincent W. Chiang, 1349 pp, with illus, $139, Chicago, IL, Mosby, 2007
Medicine and Surgery: An Integrated Textbook, edited by Eric Lim, 1042 pp, with illus, $90, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 2007
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 8th ed, edited by Keith L. Moore and T. V. N. Persaud, 522 pp, with illus, $69.95, Philadelphia, PA, Saunders, 2008
Liver Immunology: Principles and Practice, edited by M. Eric Gershwin, John M. Vierling, and Michael P. Manns, 486 pp, with illus, $169, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Physical Diagnosis Secrets, 2nd ed, by Salvatore Mangione, 702 pp, with illus, $44.95, Chicago, IL, Mosby, 2007
Answering Your Questions About Heart Disease and Sex, by Eduardo Chapunoff, 281 pp, $15.95, 5-22 46th Ave, Suite 200, Long Island City, NY 11101, Hatherleigh Press, 2007
Hypertension and Hormone Mechanisms, Contemporary Endocrinology series, edited by Robert M. Carey, 378 pp, with illus, $149, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007
Advanced Bioimaging Technologies in Assesment of the Quality of Bone and Scaffold Materials: Techniques and Applications, edited by Lin Qin, Harry K. Genant, James Griffith, and Kwok-Sui Leung, 700 pp, with illus, $299, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Clinical Nuclear Medicine, edited by Hans-Jürgen Biersack and Leonard M. Freeman, 548 pp, with illus, $279, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Small-Bowel Obstruction: CT Features with Plain Film and US Correlations, edited by Roberto Di Mizio and Mariano Scaglione, 115 pp, with illus, $119, New York, NY, Springer, 2007
Staying Alive for the Health of It, by Charles F. Schafer, 455 pp, $31.95, 610 E Delano St, Suite 104, Tucson, AZ 85705, Wheatmark, 2007
eHealth Solutions for Healthcare Disparities, edited by Michael Christopher Gibbons, 178 pp, with illus, $69.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2008
The Comatose Patient, by Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD, FACP, 583 pp, with illus, $125, New York, NY, Oxford University Press (telephone: 800-451-7556), 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-532626-0
Type and Scope of Book: Dr Eelco Wijdicks is the sole author of this book that provides a comprehensive and contemporary look at the understanding and management of the comatose patient.
Contents: This book provides a multifaceted approach to the diagnosis and management of the comatose patient. The first part consists of clinical knowledge of comatose states, including historical aspects of coma, neuroanatomic and physiologic considerations, diagnostic approaches and general management strategies, legal and bioethics, and coma as portrayed in popular culture. The second part provides 75 clinical vignettes on specific conditions (from traumatic brain injury to conversion disorder) associated with coma, personally collected by the author. Representing the vast majority of etiologies of coma in any medical, surgical, or neurological intensive care unit, the discussion of these clinical vignettes includes specific diagnostic and therapeutic options. The book also comes with an instructional DVD that demonstrates evaluation of the comatose patient and a pocket guide to the FOUR (Full Outline of Unresponsiveness) score, a tool developed by the author to assess comatose patients.
Strengths: This book is written by an expert neurointensivist with the knowledge base to address this difficult topic and the practice experience to manage these patients who have challenging issues. In contrast to several texts on this topic that focus mainly on pathophysiology and diagnosis, this book is more comprehensive and relevant to the clinician at the bedside because it provides not only pathophysiologic and diagnostic approaches but also detailed management options for common and uncommon etiologies of coma.
Deficiencies: As the book captures the current state of care of the comatose patient, a major deficiency is noted not in the book but in the depth of knowledge on coma itself. Although important clinical observations and diagnostic modalities are provided, many of these are based on best evidence available from historical accounts and extrapolations from animal studies, case reports, and case series. Thus, there is a need for reexamination or validation using state-of-the-art techniques and better clinical study design. With some exceptions, many of the management options provided, although consistent with best clinical practices, are not supported by well-designed clinical trials.
Recommended Readership: The pervasiveness of the unresponsive patient in intensive care units of every kind highlights the importance of this book for health care professionals in the critical care setting, especially general and specialty intensivists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, anesthesiologists, emergency physicians, internists, surgeons, hospitalists, and critical care nurses. Physicians and nurses in training will also benefit from this book.
Overall Grading: ★★★★★
Romergryko G. Geocadin, MD, Departments of Neurology, Anesthesiology-Critical Care Medicine and Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Promoting Health for Working Women, edited by Athena Linos and Wilhelm Kirch, 338 pp, with illus, $74.95, New York, NY, Springer (telephone: 800-777-4643), 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-73037-0
Type and Scope of Book: A multiauthored review of the current state of knowledge surrounding health promotion for working women in Europe.
Contents: The editors have taken a broad view of health promotion and have set out to understand how the experience of women in the workplace may have unique effects on women's health. They have done an excellent job of looking at health risks and opportunities for prevention from both organizational and population perspectives as well as from the perspective of the individual. This gives a robust picture with many opportunities to generate new questions for research and to envision new opportunities for intervention. Topics covered range from theoretical concepts and traditional health risk behaviors to occupational exposures and specific issues surrounding reproductive health and breast feeding.
Strengths: This readable and well-organized book strikes an excellent balance between theory and practicality. It uses a well thought-out framework to explore the health risks of working women and strategies to minimize those risks.
Deficiencies: The book is intended primarily to review the status of the health of working women in Europe, and so certain chapters, such as the one on the legal context, might not be interesting to some readers. The book also relies on some cultural assumptions that might be less true in other developed countries.
Recommended Readership: Women's health experts in occupational medicine, public health, and internal medicine. Anyone interested in understanding the health challenges facing women in the workplace today will find the book valuable.
Overall Grading: ★★★★
Robin G. Molella, MD, MPH, Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Perioperative Medicine: Managing for Outcome, edited by Mark F. Newman, Lee A. Fleisher, and Mitchell P. Fink, 723 pp, with illus, $179, Philadelphia, PA, Saunders (telephone: 800-545-2522), 2008, ISBN 978-1-4160-2456-9
Type and Scope of Book: A comprehensive, multiauthored review of preoperative evaluation and perioperative and postoperative management of surgical patients.
Contents: The editors have compiled the current available evidence to summarize care of perioperative patients. The book is divided into 3 parts. The preoperative section summarizes the current recommendations regarding presurgical testing. The perioperative section focuses on intraoperative and immediate postoperative management by systems, including cardiovascular, renal, pulmonary, nervous, and infectious. A section on care of the pregnant patient is included. The third section on management of postoperative patients is organized by type of surgery and problems, such as postoperative delirium and pain. The book closes with a look at cost-effectiveness and pay for performance.
Strengths: This review is comprehensive and well-referenced. The editors have focused on evidence-based medicine and outcomes and have presented the best available evidence for their recommendations at the time of publication. The algorithms are easy to navigate.
Deficiencies: Some newer guidelines are not included, such as the updated recommendations for endocarditis prophylaxis and the 2007 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation. Some chapters are heavy on basic sciences and pathophysiology, which makes readability of those chapters difficult.
Recommended Readership: Residents, fellows, and attending physicians in internal medicine, cardiology, critical care medicine, surgery, and anesthesiology.
Overall Grading: ★★★★
Christina A. Dilaveri, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan, edited by Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb, Reid Norman, and Mimi Zumwalt, 458 pp, with illus, $99.50, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press (telephone: 973-256-1699), 2008, ISBN 978-1-58829-730-3
Type and Scope of Book: A comprehensive, evidence-based reference to assist learners and teachers in understanding the common issues that physically active females confront.
Contents: The editors have divided the book into 6 sections: unique sex-related issues, body image and eating issues, reproductive health, musculoskeletal injuries, safe exercises, and nutrition, energy balance, and weight control. The impact throughout the lifespan is emphasized, which adds a dimension not generally expressed in reference texts. Instructional materials are provided, including a thorough appendix and a questions/answers section. A CD accompanies the text that includes PowerPoint lecture notes and slide presentations. The editors encourage use of these materials for educational opportunities such as workshops, courses, or conferences on women's health issues.
Strengths: This text is comprehensive and well-referenced. It is innovative in that it presents this scope of material in a nontraditional manner. Instructional materials, especially slide presentations, will be useful to the educator.
Deficiencies: The outline format takes some getting used to when reading the text.
Recommended Readership: Health educators, obstetricians, gynecologists, professionals in sports medicine, general practitioners, or allied health professionals with an interest in caring for athletic girls and women.
Overall Grading: ★★★
Jacqueline M, Thielen, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine, Women's Health Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Sorry Works! Disclosure, Apology, and Relationships Prevent Medical Malpractice Claims, by Doug Wojcieszak, James W. Saxton, and Maggie M. Finkelstein, 118 pp, with illus, $21.95, 1663 Liberty Dr, Ste 200, Bloomington, IN 47403, AuthorHouse (telephone: 800-839-8640, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4343-5497-6
Type and Scope of Book: An easy-to-read reference book for professionals who want instruction on how to communicate with patients and families after adverse medical events.
Contents: This reference book provides physicians with sound recommendations on how to correctly communicate with patients after an adverse event. The authors encourage smart transparency by guiding physicians through the “do's and don'ts” of the disclosure process.
Strengths: This well-organized text provides physicians and risk managers with useful information they can easily understand and apply to their practice.
Deficiencies: None noted.
Recommended Readership: Physicians, medical students, risk managers, and health law attorneys.
Overall Grading: ★★★★
Matthew J. Hanzel, JD, Legal Department, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN