pathology books

	A Coursebook on Scientific and Professional Writing for Speech-Language Pathology
	By: M.N. Hegde ISBN: 1401818056 Publisher: Singular Release Date: 08 January, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 388904	This book serves its purpose it is a lot of work but, teaches you the material in reference to the subject of speech and language pathology. <br />It is also clear and concisly written
	Breast Pathology: Diagnosis by Needle Core Biopsy
	By: Paul Peter Rosen, Syed A Hoda ISBN: 0781760941 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 December, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 233500	If you sign out breast biopsies, then you really must own Rosen's Breast Pathology AND this small altas. It's now in it's second edition and is meant to be used in conjuction with the larger textbook. The writing, as with all of Rosen's material, is clear, and the pictures range from good to excellent. No real drawbacks, and it's a book that will be used very often in any busy practice.
	Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology Review
	By: Ivan Damjanov, Marin Nola ISBN: 0323044999 Publisher: Mosby Release Date: 04 December, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 492843	The book is entirely true-false questions which makes its utility limited... There are, however, some nice photographs in it. It should make a nice companion to Rosai. I'm hoping it's truly helpful for board study... The format of the questions is T and F ..which is not very helpful for the MCQ exams...however, the authors tried to highlight the most important points in each chapter. I believe that these points are the ones that every pathologist should know (especially those sitting for Boards). If you know how to use the book in an efficient way by focusing on the explanations and reading about the points, you may benefit a lot from it. <br /> A 500 page review of the 3000 page standard textbook in SurgPath - is that possible? <br /> <br />The basic structure of the review is based on the 31 chapters in Rosai's two-volume textbook. This includes the pastel-colored chapter coding and the sub structuring of each chapter (eg. neuromuscular system with CNS, peripheral nerves, skeletal muscle). In contrast to the other available multiple-choice reviews on Anatomic Pathology (~1800 questions: Lefkowitch 1st ed. 2006; ~600 questions: Sternberg's by DiPatre 1st ed. 2005), the format here is mainly based on true/false statements. This "new" design of ~4000 questions provides an interesting transition between the "standard" MC questions and the "rapid-fire question-answer facts" provided in the Pathology Board Review by Roberts (3rd ed. 2006; over 4000 question-answer combinations). The main difference to the aforementioned review is, that the pages containing the questions are separated from the answers. While this layout prevents "cheating", the format of the answers does not allow independent reading of only the answers (eg. some refer to the phrasing in the question). Therefore, the page in the main textbook is provided - which is really helpful. <br /> <br />Why not five stars? <br />Well, in those chapters with many subchapters [eg. Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) or Female reproductive system], the separation of question and answers does not allow quick and easy look-up. Example: a question #8 in the GIT sub-chapter "Small bowel" requires exact tracking in the answer section to this chapter, as there are answers #8 in the subchapter esophagus, stomach, small bowel, appendix, colon and anus. This is more of a layout problem but can be annoying as reading the answer of a different question distracts quite a bit. Small organ symbols/icons behind the answer could have solved this issue... <br /> <br />It still rocks! <br />The main strength of this review is the comprehensive recapitulation of the enormous two-volume set. When reviewing a chapter in Rosai, the outline is mainly anatomic and the style is unique and entertaining; which can be confusing (probably the reason why some like Sternberg better...). However, if you like "Rosai," and plan to read it from cover to cover, but are overwhelmed by the 10kg of surgical pathology, BUY this review. It provides you with some sort of attending guided marker. There are not many pictures, but the book highlights on average 2 facts per page in the "big" Rosai - and if reviewed together (on a large and stable desk), chapters fly by - almost (50 true/false statements ~2.5 hours). <br /> <br />Final remark <br />This is truly a SURGICAL pathology review book and does therefore not include separate chapters of the "other" topics integrated in the Anatomic Pathology part of the Boards (eg. Immuno, Molecular-, Cyto-, Forensic- or Infectious Disease Pathology). But that should be clear, as it is based on a Surgical Pathology Text. <br /> <br />The review by Damjanov and Nola provides an inexpensive and interesting "exoskeleton" to Rosai's; it is truly comprehensive and highlights 2 essentials per page. To answer my initial question - it is possible... Good job. <br />
	Pacifism As Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America
	By: Ward Churchill, Mike Ryan, Derrick Jensen ISBN: 1904859186 Publisher: AK Press Release Date: April, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 242491	Over the last few years, I have published articles about issues of US Imperialism and the social struggle movement. I came upon Ward Churchill's book "Pacifism and Pathology," as almost last minute. I had never read or taking seriously Ward Churchill's view, though I have affiliated myself as a member of the anarcho-syndicalist movement. But after reading his book, I realized my deep personnel connections with Dr. Churchill's frustrations and agony with the American social struggle movement. For some time, I affiliated myself with a social struggle movement in the University I am attending, and after almost a month I left. My reasons for leaving, where the same reasons Dr. Churchill explained in his book as the growing disorganization of these movements, and also the misunderstanding that state and private tyrannies; which have amassed great ideological confusion towards vast social and economic control, cannot be countered with the basic techniques used by the social struggle movement in the past. Indeed, Dr. Churchill warns the reader that there has been a tremendous misunderstanding with how non-violent resistance was actually used in the past. That it was a actually a mixture of both the practice of violence and non-violence, for which, if the use of non-violence was so much more tantamount, then the rewards of almost a decade and a half of resistance could not have been achieved. <br /> Though I can connect with the social struggle movement on this university campus, it is deeply polarizing. Such polarization; I felt, was the reasons why on a number occasions they were unsuccessful in reaching out to others, and at the same time, form a coherent bases of action and influence on this campus i.e., they're not taking very seriously. <br /> The tactics used by leaders of the social struggle movement in the United States, and even around the world, vary. I agree with Churchill on the realization that non-violent resistance can only work on a marginal basis. Indeed other countries, which implement vast terror and intimidation towards their own population, cannot rely on peaceful means to take down and tear the authoritarian political and economic system, without resorting to actual self-defense through violent means. <br /> As the world witnesses the tearing apart of the Palestinians states, and perhaps even the fall of Palestine itself in the coming months, it is important to realize that the Palestinians; who have long tolerated state and military terror by Israel and the IDF, cannot be heard by the world through the same methodology used by American peace activists. It just does not work, and to do so, would mean the quick destruction of the Palestinian state. <br /> But what I have to say, in a slight disagreement with Dr. Churchill, is that though the methodology of resistance to state and private terror has to change. The US cannot be won by the means of violence. Our cultural and political system is far more advance and ready for change, without the use of arm resistance and violence. Though in the media it may depict the sense of polarization and a deep divide, consensus by national polls indicate quite strikingly that the vast majority of the population is far to the left than the political and intellectual establishment wants to believe. <br /> The means for political and social change in the US--for which, I agree with Churchill, cannot be won by the same tactics that inhibit a pathological tolerance towards the abuses that private and state systems implement on other populations and even their own. Even the possibility that these groups may be motivated for other reasons besides social change; political power, vanguard social party, all these are plausible reasons as to why Americans are stigmatized by the social struggle movement (as is the rise of the Bolshevik Party in the Russian Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party in China). <br /> The goal of the intellectual is the most profound insight that Churchill explains. It has been a realization among many left-wing intellectuals, that the intellectual must be motivated as the tool maker and as the teacher, for which, he could impart the capacity for others to defend themselves and to act accordingly in such self-defense. His leadership is marginal at best, but his capacity to impart to others the lessons of the past and the understanding of the rich knowledge of the praxis of social change; starting with Hegel, then Marx, and many others, can be seen as the best weapon to revitalize the movement in the US. Also to realize the essential need to understand that other nations; other struggling groups, must partake their own way of defending themselves, and thus earn their capacity for a revolutionary change towards freedom and liberty. <br /> <br />Thank you! <br /> One of the previous reviewers sums it up very well: In this book, and pulling no punches, Churchill lays out his case against white progressives-to be precise the liberal/social democratic complacent legions of mostly well-educated midlle and upper middle class activists-who are delusional not only in the ineffectual tactics and strategies they pursue (which the ruling elites are only too happy to accommodate as per a well-scripted minuet), but in the belief that they are actually performing revolutionary acts...So, like it or not, Churchill is correct in pointing out that these liberals will do everything except assume actual risk in opposing the system..and that, being mostly interested in practicing "comfort zone" politics, they will almost invariably indulge in essentially worthless "cathartic" posturizing instead of solid opposition. By the way, the same writer is NOT correct in saying that nonviolence has achieved huge transformations. The Iranian revolution (1979) was far from a nonviolent process: the Shah had been opposed for decades by above ground and underground groups, several of which practiced armed struggle and paid a horrific price for it, while the last month of his rule saw masses of people in most Iranian cities, but especially Tehran, literally storming strong points and tanks in the streets with their bare chests and being mowed down...until more and more soldiers simply gave up and melted away or switched sides. As for the collapse of the USSR (1991), that came about as a result of complex processes that did not involve invested CLASS PRIVILEGES, as we have here and in other corporate-dominated nations. As for South Africa, the end of apartheid did not issue from a nonviolent process. Decades-long protests against the fascist legislation escalated until 1958 when the tragedy of Sharpeville occurred. Soon thereafter the government tried to suppress opposition through the sledgehammer approach of bannings and systematic "targeted repression". The first to be hit were the ANC and the PAC, but such bannings merely caused the organisations to go underground and become even more militant. The "armed struggle" therefore began in earnest in 1958 and by 1970 was beginning to affect the South African economy as greater and greater manpower was required to maintain an ever increasing army. Thus, Mandela's organization, the ANC had both a civil and a military arm, even if the latter developed after all roads to a peaceful elimination of Apartheid had proved futile, and long after the beneficiaries of the status quo had demonstrated through their unrelenting savagery that only armed struggle would move history forward. As for the much revered Arundhati Roy I do not think for a minute that she got it right in her speech in New York, where she argued "that there is no way to defeat the Empire by force and that its component parts must be isolated and paralyzed one by one." Sounds terrific and we only wish it were true, but Ms. Roy is also, like her liberal counterparts, utterly delusional. Furthermore, all the acclamation in the chi-chi salons and media precincts she's accustomed to will not change that simple fact. How does she propose to paralyze these component parts of the most heavily armed, cynical, and ruthless class privilege system in history without some form of REAL confrontation? With 2-hour candlelight vigils and some symbolic arrests which, by the way, may or may not be reported by the corporate-owned media? If THAT was all that was required to get rid of an immoral, deeply rooted capitalist system, a Nazi terror regime, a vicious landowning oligarchy as in Salvador, and so on, humanity would have moved past these filthy horrors decades if not centuries ago. As Churchill points out in his book, Nazi Germany was defeated by the massive application of force; the racist American South was similarly juridically defeated in the 1860s by massive military force, by organized all-out violence, (I say juridically because in practice it took 100 more years of struggle that saw innumerable crimes before African Americans could begin to take their rightful place among their fellow citizens)...There is not a single case in history where a deeply entrenched system of class or racial exploitation was overthrown by moral suasion and symbolic protests...If real change came about it was because force was being applied somewhere else alongside the nonviolent tracks...That's the point that Churchill is making in this book. It's a discomfiting point, but I'm afraid it is a true fact. Social change does not come cheap. Well, I could go on, but if you're a liberal I'm sure that facts will matter far less than attachment to convenient fantasies. I loved this book. I think it teaches the reality of our current situation. The "progressive left" in North America are practicing "comfort zone politics". The protests that the progressive left organizes (with permission) hardly cause the state any harm. As mentioned in the essay by Mike Ryan, "They(the protests) reinforce the popular myth of American democracy." You have to wonder how effective these practices of soley using nonviolence really are. In my opinion, I think that you can't have one without the other. Yes, nonviolence can be effective, but so can violence (or rather self-defense). We should never completely throw out the use of violence in our constant struggle for justice. The comfort zone politics of the progressive left have only slowed down the emergence of any real revolution that we hope to achieve. There is a quote in the book by The Last Poets that says, "Don't speak to me of revolution until you're ready to eat rats to survive..." This keeps playing over and over in my head. Stop being so delusional...we will never achieve our goal as long as our movement consists of only pacifist ideologies. That is what I got out of this extremely informative book. It is important to note (which Churchill states in the conclusion) that the purpose of the essay was to critque pacifist thinking and practice, not to give alternatives.
	Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines
	By: Warwick Anderson ISBN: 0822338432 Publisher: Duke University Press Release Date: July, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 296915	Colonial medicine has been a major issue of debate in social science these years. One reason for that is the emergence of globalization that elevates previous colonies to the focus of attention because of their roles in the global system of production and their peculiar political configurations. No longer subliminal, these ex-colonies however pose intriguing but difficult questions regarding various aspects of (post-)modernity. How did they deal with the so-called colonial legacy? How did the modernity defined in "the West" mean to them? What insights can we get by looking at the disciplinary process that the colonized people embraced, or worse, endured? Or, for this book, what is the relations between the medical and public health measures in colony and those in metropolis? <br />It is easy for studies of this kind to fall back into either a progressivist eurocentric argument (such as Basalla's diffusionism) or a normative pluralistic claim. The former refers to a pattern of diffusion of knowledge from the center (read Europe) to the periphery (the rest of the world); the latter means that we need to appreciate the achievements not only in the center but also in the periphery. But Anderson pushes the claim further. He challenges the logic of the center/periphery division and argues that in fact, the center of colonial force may be the periphery of knowledge production. The conceptual hierarachy is shaken and replaced with a more reciprocally dynamic and interactive notion. Think about the medical knowledge that was obtained in the Philippines but was later applied in America. <br />Aside from this theoretical breakthrough, his account gives vivid evidence to some other arguments already made by other authors--modernity as a disciplinary and biopolitical process which aims not only at achieving social order but also at reshaping individual body and mind. In addition, his attention to (and discussion on) tropical neurasthenia is splendid because this topic is often left out in other colonial medicine studies. <br />In brief, I think this book is a must read in colonial medicine studies. Even though there are some concepts, like biomedical citizenship, that still need more substantiating examples, globally speaking this is a wonderflly written and well organized piece of work.
	Stedman's Pathology & Lab Medicine Words
	By: Williams & Wilkins Inc ISBN: 0683401912 Publisher: Williams & Wilkins Release Date: July, 1997 Bioscience book rank: 198159	I am a medical editor and have found this text extremely helpful. Since this text only contains words and no definitions, searching for correct spellings, italicization, and complete species names is very easy to do. This is a very useful companion reference that we have purchased for all the editors in our company.
	Bone Marrow Pathology
	By: Kathryn Foucar ISBN: 0891894403 Publisher: American Society Clinical Pathology Release Date: 15 April, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 521302	This is still the best book out there on the subjuct. Most others are little more than atlases. First ed published in 1995, second in 2001....we should be soon due for another edition!!! Every pathologist should have this book. The images are wonderful and the info is easy to read and understand. I present my heartest thanks to the author<br>This book is of high quality both in their pictures and its text. I recommend the book for the relevant individuals in this topic (hematopathology)
	The Ultimate Study Guide for the National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: Key Review Questions and Answers (Topics: Clinical Pathology and Recognition of Various Conditions) Volume 2
	By: Patrick Leonardi ISBN: 0971999651 Publisher: Silver Educational Publishing Release Date: 10 September, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 181248	If you want a comprehensive book for the NCETM, this is it..expensive <br />but worth it, It is strictly a Q AND A but every question you can think <br />of is listed here..I got this for the muscle section and went over the <br />other body systems as well and feel prepared for the exam,, If you can answer the questions from this book with confidence, you can pass almost any clinical part of massage therapy exam. On the other hand, simply by knowing the clinical pathology, you may not be able to pass either the NY State Board or the National Certificate exam. <br /> <br />I don't think you need to understand every single detail in this book in order to pass either the NY State Board or the National one. (See my other comments on selecting study material if you are interested). <br /> <br />The knowledge provided from this book is far more than as a licensed massage therapist require to know. It's good to know more. But don't be scared if you do not do well on those questions in this book. From my limited experience, I think the exam authorities want to prepare us (massage therapists and body workers) to provide SAFE and effective massage therapy to the public. We are not trained to be a MD. Please don't blame yourself if you are not so good as the nervous system, for example. But you have no excuse for not knowing soft tissue. Massage therapists should be the expert of soft tissue. <br /> <br />Grasp a solid knowledge on muscle insertion and origin, action and related diseases. You will do well! Good luck This volume was extremely interesting. It contains information that every massage therapist should know. Some of the NCBTMB test questions were straight from this book. I found it extremely helpful in my passing the test the first time.
	Opportunities in Speech Language Pathology Careers
	By: Patricia Larkins Hicks ISBN: 0071467718 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Release Date: 21 September, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 240898	This book provides a wonderful overview of what being a speech therapist involves from college, to internship, to landing your first job. I appreciated the detail the author went into on what is involved in each part of the learning process. This book really has it all!
	Syndrome Identification for Speech-Language Pathology: An Illustrated Pocketguide
	By: Robert J. Shprintzen ISBN: 0769300197 Publisher: Singular Release Date: 15 January, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 64843	I think the information presented is helpful, for our field, and concise. However for the money I paid I would like nice quality photos. All the photos are pixelated and while it may not matter in terms of identifying a syndrome, I'm not sure why they felt the need to skimp on this part. Cell phone cameras take better pictures than those in this book. I am an SLP at a special needs preschool. My colleagues and I (including OTs, PTs, psychologist, etc.) frequently refer to this book. It's easy to look up a syndrome by name or by characteristics. The entries are concise and easy to understand. The syndrome is described, and then characteristics such as speech/language disorders, physical features, differential diagnosis, history and prognosis are given. It's probably not the most comprehensive book out there, but we find it very handy for the population we serve.