pathology books

	Dorland's Laboratory/Pathology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists
	By: Dorland, Sharon Rhodes ISBN: 0721695256 Publisher: Saunders Release Date: 15 June, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 1159933
	Concise Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology
	By: P. Vidhyasekaran ISBN: 156022942X Publisher: CRC Press Release Date: 15 April, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 1601086
	The Pathology of the U.S. Economy Revisited: The Intractable Contradictions of Economic Policy
	By: Michael Perelman ISBN: 0312293178 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Release Date: 12 January, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 1413712
	The Grabbing Hand: Government Pathologies and Their Cures
	By: Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny ISBN: 0674010140 Publisher: Harvard University Press Release Date: 30 September, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 1348460	An excellent work by an unusual economist. Shleifer has made assaults on government intervention in the market a theme of his life's work. He called it "depoliticization" in russia. Pity about the title though. Shleifer settled with the US government after the insider trading charges against him and his sidekick Jonathan Hay were proved in a US court. Grabbing hands writing about grabbing hands. How ironic. I bought The Grabbing Hand because I was interested in reading more by Andre Shleifer after I read another of his books on financial market inefficiency. I enjoyed that book and felt that Shleifer's work worthy of his Clark medal -- he couples great theoretical arguments with empirical support. This book, The Grabbing Hand, is a series of articles Shleifer wrote with Robert Vishny and others (including Kevin Murphy another Clark medal winner). <br /> <br />The book attempts to offer an alternative view of government. They add a third view to the already common "helping hand" view which argues that government works to make the economy better and the "invisible hand" view which argues for only a minimal government. Here they use the public policy argument that government acts in its own self-interest. The first article is an examination of cities in Europe prior to the 19th-century to observe the effects of oppressive government's. One of the most interesting articles is a new explanation of why socialist governments tend to have shortages. The authors argue the shortages result from government's attempts to extract bribes from individuals looking to obtain those limited goods. This explanation explains why, when socialist governments have raised prices, it has not eased the shortage as a conventional supply and demand with a fixed-price argument would conclude. Though this new argument is a little more sinister, it is clever and compelling. <br /> <br />Another insightful article is on the conversion of Russia to a more market economy. This article is especially eye-opening if you've read Stiglitz's Global book. Stiglitz argues that Russia's problem was going too fast in their conversion and the government not doing enough economic stabilization. Shleifer and Vishny argue that this is not the case and then present some interesting data on corruption to support alternative explanation. Where Stiglitz makes simple broad generalizations with little support, Shleifer and Vishny dig into the details and find data to support their position. <br /> <br />Some articles are less compelling. For example, they attempt to explain why some local governments contract out services to private contractors instead of using in-house governmental services. Though they find many interesting statistically significant results, the explanatory power of their findings is usually very weak (usually under 10%). <br /> <br />My only complaint would be in the subtitle of the book is suggest that they will explain cures for the examined government pathologies. Though some cures are suggested it certainly isn't a major feature of the book. After all, many of the results are the result of politics, and it is unlikely politics is going away. <br /> <br />I highly recommend the book for some unique and insightful theories on government pathologies. Be warned: the book is not an introductory book to economic analysis of government. Nor is it comprehensive in examining theories of government pathologies. That is not the intention of the book. The book, instead, is made up of articles that attempt to add to the body of work on analysis of government. The articles are written for other economists. Though I think good upper division econ students can take something away from the book, the book is not for the novice. <br />
	Biology and Pathology of the Oocyte: Its Role in Fertility and Reproductive Medicine
	By: Alan O. Trounson, Roger G. Gosden ISBN: 0521799589 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Release Date: 25 August, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 1488148
	A Dictionary of Plant Pathology
	By: Paul Holliday ISBN: 0521594588 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Release Date: 18 June, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 1590826	This reference provides readers interested in plant diseases with access to a wide range of useful information: authoritative names of plant pathogens; concise definitions of terminology; names of infectious diseases and noninfectious disorders; brief information on fungicides and other varied topics; and in all cases, citations into the main literature. <p>The greatest strength of the book to be in the definitions of terminology. Definitions provided in the Dictionary carry the weight of a scientific society, as they are based primarily on a paper published in 1973 by the Federation of British Plant Pathologists. Most of the technical terms I sought during my review were defined in simple, clear, and precise language. I found this reference to be very valuable for refurbishing a glossary used in my introductory plant pathology course; it was also handy for periodic reference throughout the semester. A few conceptual terms are missing, such as exclusion and avoidance. In a relatively small number of cases, the definitions given for certain terms do not reflect the varied ways the term may be used by specialists throughout the world. One example is the term virulence, although in fairness, it should be noted that plant pathologists do not agree on the usage and meaning of this term, and the Dictionary does cite key literature from that debate. Overall, however, the reader will find this reference to be an excellent resource for understanding the often arcane terminology of the profession.<p>As a bibliographic list of authoritative names of plant pathogens, the Dictionary is valuable although not flawless. Each taxonomic entry includes useful and often numerous bibliographic citations, with keywords describing the content of each. The names and brief descriptions of genera and higher taxa are without question valuable, as are the citations provided with each. Of the recently renamed fungal and bacterial pathogens which I checked, up-to-date nomenclature was provided for most. However, several pathogens with name changes proposed in publication two years or more prior to the publication of this reference were found listed only under their old name. A pathogen's accepted scientific name reflects a consensus among specialists in their respective disciplines, and consensus takes time to achieve. Therefore, it is not surprising that there is some lag between publication of a proposed new name for a pathogen and the appearance of that name in a comprehensive reference such as this. Two of the pathogens I investigated were still listed only under their old names although name changes had been proposed in publication five and nine years prior to the publication of the Dictionary, periods of time that suggest an occasional oversight. Instances also were found where the entry for the old name was not cross-referenced with the new name, although such cases appeared to the exception. Nomenclature of plant-infecting viruses appeared to be excellent, providing up-to-date names for the viruses themselves as well as for genera and families. Overall, this is the best single source of authoritative names of plant pathogens available, especially given the dynamic nature of microbial taxonomy, although some current names do not appear in the Dictionary. <p>Other information such as disease names, fungicide information, and other miscellaneous topics appears to be technically accurate, and having so much available in one volume is certainly handy. However, this reference necessarily can only serve as a starting point for the reader on any of these subjects, since very little information on each can be provided in the context of a comprehensive dictionary. Of course, the Dictionary provides citations here, as well, which will direct the reader to further information.<p>While there are a few deficiencies noted above, this is a valuable reference for those working on a regular basis with topics relating to plant diseases. It should be a standard reference for libraries, departments, and offices with ongoing involvement in agricultural science, and especially for those in plant pathology. <p>This review was originally published in the Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education; it is reproduced with permission.
	Pathology of Early Cervical Neoplasia (Contemporary Issues in Surgical Pathology)
	By: Christopher P. Crum, Edmund S. Cibas, Kenneth R., M.D. Lee ISBN: 0443075905 Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Release Date: June, 1997 Bioscience book rank: 1753763
	Forensic Aspects in Pediatric Pathology (Perspectives in Pediatric Pathology)
	By: James E. Dimmick ISBN: 3805561946 Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland) Release Date: January, 1996 Bioscience book rank: 1740026
	Color Atlas of Microneurosurgery, Microanatomy, Approaches, Techniques, Volume 3: Intra- and Extracranial Revascularization and Intraspinal Pathology
	By: Wolfgang th Koos, Robert F. Spetzler, Joseph M. Zabramski ISBN: 0865777802 Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers Release Date: 15 January, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 1681371	Awesome, simply awesome. But DO NOT try these operations at home
	Atlas of Gynecologic Pathology (Atlas of Clinical Gynecology, Vol 2)
	By: Barbara Goff, Morton A. Stenchever ISBN: 0838503179 Publisher: Current Medicine Release Date: June, 1998 Bioscience book rank: 1622676