 Recent Reviews
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Medicine and Healthcare
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Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine 
Policy and Public Health Perspectives
edited by Gerard Bodeker & Gemma Burford
"This highly readable and informative book is a useful addition to the growing literature on traditional, complementary and alternative medicine. Its focus on policy and public health issues, particularly in relation to traditional medicine in Asia and Africa and alternative and complementary medicine in North America and Europe, make this book unique and will hopefully encourage further work in this very important field at the interface of public health science and policy."
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
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Population Dynamics and Infectious Diseases in Asia
edited by Adrian C Sleigh, Chee Heng Leng, Brenda SA Yeoh, Phua Kai Hong & Rachel Safman
"This book is a valuable contribution to understanding the demographic history of an important but less emphasized region of Southeast Asia. The rich use of many sources makes this a valuable book that will be useful to people interested in the region and on its archival material, much of which is only in Dutch."
Southeast Asian Studies
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Transabdominal Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy
(Second Edition)
A Color Atlas and Monograph
(With CD-ROM)
by Grace C H Yang & Liang-Che Tao
"The second edition is simply exquisite. The book size is compact and easy to carry, yet extensively expanded, with each abdominal organ having a dedicated chapter packed with concise yet comprehensive up-to-date, practical information. The illustrations are extraordinary, an aesthetic treat for readers, encompassing all possible presentations of a tumor ... I highly recommend it for general pathologists, practicing cytopathologists, pathology residents and fellows, cytotechnologists and clinical cytologists."
Acta Cytologica
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Surgical Complications 
Diagnosis and Treatment
edited by Nadey S Hakim & Vassilios E Papalois
"The two editors have assembled a large and international team of contributors, covering the surgical specialties as well as anaesthetics, gastrointestinal medicine, and imaging, and also including a medical historian and a medicolegal ethicist. Its chapters cover pretty well every aspect of this broad subject ... The book provides surgeons with a splendid account of today's diagnostic and therapeutic arsenal in managing surgical complications ... this is a nicely produced and illustrated and easy to read book."
British Medical Journal
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Central Nerve Plexus Injury
(With CD-ROM)
by Thomas Carlstedt
"In summary, this book is inspirational in describing the efforts of a true surgical pioneer over many years to tackle one of the most challenging surgical procedures to treat traumatic injuries which involve damage to spinal nerve roots as they enter at the spinal cord. It represents an injury at the interface of peripheral and central nervous systems and therefore poses certain unique challenges, as well as opportunities to compare and contrast what regenerating axons can and cannot do within these two very different environments. Dr Carlstedt has done what many physicians hope to do but very few ever achieve. He has increased our understanding of an important biological and clinical problem at a scientific level as well as pioneered a new surgical approach that is benefiting patients significantly. This book and the efforts represented in it serves as an inspiration to all of us interested in advancing the field of medicine."
Michel Kliot, MD,
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Washington and
Acting Chief of Neurosurgery, Puget Sound V A Health Care System
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Medical Malpractice
Understanding the Law, Managing the Risk
by S Y Tan
"The book is well worth the price and should be mandatory reading for residents and very strongly recommended for physicians ... This book's title accurately reflects its contents and Dr Tan's clear writing style is generally unambiguous and makes for easy reading ... this book has so many excellent chapters as to make it very, very worthwhile reading."
Journal of Neurosurgery
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Practical Guide to Medical Student Assessment
by Zubair Amin, Chong Yap Seng & Khoo Hoon Eng
"This book packs a big punch for its size. It not only provides brief descriptions of a multitude of assessment techniques currently in use in medical education but also provides samples of questions or check lists where appropriate ... each chapter ends with a list of sources of additional information for those who are interested."
Medical Education Online
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Practical Obstetrics and Gynaecology Handbook for the General Practitioner
by Tan Thiam Chye, Tan Kim Teng & Tay Eng Hseon
"Practical Obstetrics and Gynaecology Handbook for the General Practitioner is an update and concise reference book. The authors have presented the subject material in both obstetrics and gynecology in an evidence based fashion and used tables and diagrams to provide the practitioner with logical algorithms to basic and complex problems. The authors should be congratulated on providing this outstanding textbook which can become a leading desk reference for the busy clinician and trainee."
Professor Haywood L Brown
Chair, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Duke University Medical Center
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