Introduction to Clinical Neurology - Softcover

Gelb, Douglas J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750672021 ISBN 13: 9780750672023

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

"Introduction to Clinical Neurology, Second Edition", is organized in the same way students learn neurology during their clerkships, beginning with the initial neurologic exam and some modifications on the exam and including interpretation of the exam and problem solving. Case studies, accompanying each chapter, have been proved in medical education to be an ideal learning tool. In addition, there are updates regarding drugs and treatments, such as TPA, clopidogrel, and more recent endarectomy results. This concise and portable guide will continue to provide basic information to the student learning clinical neurology.

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Review

Dr. Patricia Davis of University of Iowa writes,
"I think it is easy to read and covers the major areas of Neurology."

good example cases, logical and common sense, excellent principles for students

"Rapid and admittedly superficial review of this book reveals several deficiencies that make it unacceptable for the only major reference in an introductory course. eg: no mention of papilledema or optic disc edema other than "swollen" (p.299); similar deficiencies for visual fields (p.24); light near disassociation; Argyll Robertson Pupil; Parinaud's (dorsal midbrain) syndrome. Forgive me if I have missed your mention of these topics, but they are not readily located by either index or related chapter title. Also, pages are stilted, print on an angle due to faulty cutting/binding."
-Larry Embree, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
easy to read, good diagrams, very good initial chapters on "Where's the Lesion?" and "Neurologic Exam"

I like the selection of content. It deals with commonly encountered problems that primary care physicians are likely to encounter.
This is an outstanding text. Excellent choice for medical students in a core clerkship in neurology.

"Too long, too wordy table, etc., covers too much info and too many diseases for students to read in one month"

About the Author

Born in Minnesota, Douglas Gelb moved to Cambridge, MA for college (Harvard), Chicago, IL for medical and graduate school (University of Chicago), and San Francisco for internship and neurology residency (University of California, San Francisco). He did graduate research in human visual perception, but his clinical experiences in medical school and residency convinced him that his principal interests were patient care and teaching. In 1988, immediately after completing his residency, he moved to the University of Michigan and became the first faculty member in the Department of Neurology to be hired in the clinical academic track. At the University of Michigan, he directs the required third-year neurology clerkship and the second-year course on diseases of the nervous system. Nationally, he has been the Chair of the Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors and the Chair of the American Academy of Neurology A.B. Baker Section on Neurologic Education, and has served on numerous other educational committees. He was the lead author of the Neurology Clerkship Core Curriculum.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750672021
• ISBN 13: 9780750672023
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 410