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Premise. In the antibiotic section, there are no dose ranges provided. Considering the competition for pocket manuals in adult imedicine, I don't think that Goodman and Kurtz's book will ifare well. In particular, it seems to me to pale in comparison jwith my trusty Washington manual. I From Printout to Published by Michael Seidman. Albuquerque: Sandia Publishing Corp., 104 pages, $9.95. I did something very academic; I wrote a textbook of radiotherapy. It took me approximately three years, and will be pub-jlished this summer. To prepare for dealing with medical pub-jlishers, I took a course, at the Duke Adult Education Center, on lacademic bookpubhshing. After I sent in the manuscript to my jpublisher, I began receiving an assortment of communications and directives from editorial writers, marketing directors, and , general supervising editors. i Michael Seidman's book explains who all these individuals are and what they do. Written from the viewpoint of an editor, the book provides a brief and sympathetic discussion of how a book is priced, how it is sold, and how the cover art is selected. Seidman works in the field of paperback publishing —largely mysteries and westerns. His book is only, therefore, tangentially related to medical book publishing. If, however, you are seeking an entertaining and easy-to-read description of what happens to your manuscript after its acceptance, Seidman's book is worth a quick read. I Modern Medicine and Jewish Ethics^ by Fred Rosner. t Hoboken and New York: Ktav Publishing House and ' Yeshiva University Press, 405 pages. ' Fred Rosner is a hematologist in practice in Queens, New York. By my lastcount, he has published ten books in medical ethics, biblical and Talmudic medicine, and translations of important primary sources in these fields. He also publishes frequently in the hematology literature. In his most recent book. Modern Medicine and Jewish Ethics, Rosner discusses common problems in medical ethics: contraception, artificial insemination, genetic engineering, euthanasia, autopsies, animal experimentation, the creation vs. evolution controversy, as well as many others. For each topic he provides a discussion of the medical background of the problem followed by a very detailed textual analysisofbiblical,Talmudic,and other Jewish sources concerning the issue. He then arrives at a conclusion ; concerning the Jewish ethical viewpoint on the issues, i As an example of the reasoning attendant to Jewish medi-[ cal ethics, consider the following problem: A physician is I evaluating a patient during a routine physical examination. An I HIV screen is obtained and is positive. The patient informs the physician that he is bisexual and that he believes that he contracted the virus during a homosexual encounter. The patient also informs the physician that he is engaged to be married. He ■ refuses to inform his fiancee that he is HIV positive and he forbids the physician, in turn, from informing the fiancee because it would "breech our confidential relationship." This particular subject has been treated, in terms of secular medical ethics, in considerable detail (see, for example. Southern Medical Journal), A Jewish medical ethicist, faced with the problem, mightreason as follows: first, there is no specific Jewish injunction to maintain confidentiality during the medical relationship. A Jewish physician is bound by the general injunction to maintain confidentiality found in the first half of Leviticus 19:16. "Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people." Second, however, there are multiple injunctions which prohibit a physician, or any other individual, from allowing innocent bystanders to be subject to danger. These include the second half of Leviticus 19:16. "Neither shalt thou stand idly by the blood of thy neighbor." In addition, one might cite Leviticus 19:14. "Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind." One might also invoke the Talmudic ruling (Tractate Sanhedrin) which forbids a righteous person from standing idly by while someone is being pursued by an aggressor. The Jewish medical ethicist would conclude from these verses that the bisexual male is acting as an aggressor towards the fiancee. The fiancee would, therefore, need to be informed of the potential danger. This would override the prohibition against being a talebearer. For the physician interested in Jewish medical ethics, Rosner offers the most accessible venue for exploring the field. If you were only to buy one English language book on Jewish medical ethics, this one is it. If you are interested in further reading, one might use Jakobovits's book Jewish Medical Ethics, or Rosner's English translation of the monumental work by Julius Preuss, Biblical and Talmudic Medicine, Breathing Life into Medical Writings by A.P. Sheen. St. Louis: The C.V. Mosby Company, 108 pages. The purpose of Ms. Sheen's book is clearly stated: "To help physicians write with clarity, precision, and spirit." Now that's a laudable goal! Utilizing practical examples from the medical literature, she admirably achieves her purpose. The book contains sections on the writing process, on writing with clarity, on writing with simplicity and accuracy and on elements of medical writing style. There is a valuable section on illustrations and tables. I can highly recommend this little book for any medical writer interested in leaner and cleaner prose. The Life and Writings of John Wesley Long, M.D., 1859- 1926, by Robert L. Phillips. Greensboro: Custom Graphic Impressions, 247 pages. Dr. Phillips, a physician practicing in Greensboro, has written an exhaustive biography of Dr. John Wesley Long. His book will serve as a valuable resource to those interested in the life of this exceptional physician and in the practice of medicine in Greensboro earlier in this century. □ NCMJ / May J990, Volume 51 Number 5 245
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Document Title | North Carolina Medical Journal [1940-Present] |
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Description | Includes Transactions of the Society, -1960; 1961- , Transactions issued separately, bound in.; Includes Transactions of the auxiliary to the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina and Proceedings of the North Carolina Public Health Association. Official organ of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1940-May 1972; of the North Carolina Medical Society, June 1972-. Vols. for 1940-May 1972 published by the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina; June 1972- by the North Carolina Medical Society. |
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Full Text | Premise. In the antibiotic section, there are no dose ranges provided. Considering the competition for pocket manuals in adult imedicine, I don't think that Goodman and Kurtz's book will ifare well. In particular, it seems to me to pale in comparison jwith my trusty Washington manual. I From Printout to Published by Michael Seidman. Albuquerque: Sandia Publishing Corp., 104 pages, $9.95. I did something very academic; I wrote a textbook of radiotherapy. It took me approximately three years, and will be pub-jlished this summer. To prepare for dealing with medical pub-jlishers, I took a course, at the Duke Adult Education Center, on lacademic bookpubhshing. After I sent in the manuscript to my jpublisher, I began receiving an assortment of communications and directives from editorial writers, marketing directors, and , general supervising editors. i Michael Seidman's book explains who all these individuals are and what they do. Written from the viewpoint of an editor, the book provides a brief and sympathetic discussion of how a book is priced, how it is sold, and how the cover art is selected. Seidman works in the field of paperback publishing —largely mysteries and westerns. His book is only, therefore, tangentially related to medical book publishing. If, however, you are seeking an entertaining and easy-to-read description of what happens to your manuscript after its acceptance, Seidman's book is worth a quick read. I Modern Medicine and Jewish Ethics^ by Fred Rosner. t Hoboken and New York: Ktav Publishing House and ' Yeshiva University Press, 405 pages. ' Fred Rosner is a hematologist in practice in Queens, New York. By my lastcount, he has published ten books in medical ethics, biblical and Talmudic medicine, and translations of important primary sources in these fields. He also publishes frequently in the hematology literature. In his most recent book. Modern Medicine and Jewish Ethics, Rosner discusses common problems in medical ethics: contraception, artificial insemination, genetic engineering, euthanasia, autopsies, animal experimentation, the creation vs. evolution controversy, as well as many others. For each topic he provides a discussion of the medical background of the problem followed by a very detailed textual analysisofbiblical,Talmudic,and other Jewish sources concerning the issue. He then arrives at a conclusion ; concerning the Jewish ethical viewpoint on the issues, i As an example of the reasoning attendant to Jewish medi-[ cal ethics, consider the following problem: A physician is I evaluating a patient during a routine physical examination. An I HIV screen is obtained and is positive. The patient informs the physician that he is bisexual and that he believes that he contracted the virus during a homosexual encounter. The patient also informs the physician that he is engaged to be married. He ■ refuses to inform his fiancee that he is HIV positive and he forbids the physician, in turn, from informing the fiancee because it would "breech our confidential relationship." This particular subject has been treated, in terms of secular medical ethics, in considerable detail (see, for example. Southern Medical Journal), A Jewish medical ethicist, faced with the problem, mightreason as follows: first, there is no specific Jewish injunction to maintain confidentiality during the medical relationship. A Jewish physician is bound by the general injunction to maintain confidentiality found in the first half of Leviticus 19:16. "Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people." Second, however, there are multiple injunctions which prohibit a physician, or any other individual, from allowing innocent bystanders to be subject to danger. These include the second half of Leviticus 19:16. "Neither shalt thou stand idly by the blood of thy neighbor." In addition, one might cite Leviticus 19:14. "Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind." One might also invoke the Talmudic ruling (Tractate Sanhedrin) which forbids a righteous person from standing idly by while someone is being pursued by an aggressor. The Jewish medical ethicist would conclude from these verses that the bisexual male is acting as an aggressor towards the fiancee. The fiancee would, therefore, need to be informed of the potential danger. This would override the prohibition against being a talebearer. For the physician interested in Jewish medical ethics, Rosner offers the most accessible venue for exploring the field. If you were only to buy one English language book on Jewish medical ethics, this one is it. If you are interested in further reading, one might use Jakobovits's book Jewish Medical Ethics, or Rosner's English translation of the monumental work by Julius Preuss, Biblical and Talmudic Medicine, Breathing Life into Medical Writings by A.P. Sheen. St. Louis: The C.V. Mosby Company, 108 pages. The purpose of Ms. Sheen's book is clearly stated: "To help physicians write with clarity, precision, and spirit." Now that's a laudable goal! Utilizing practical examples from the medical literature, she admirably achieves her purpose. The book contains sections on the writing process, on writing with clarity, on writing with simplicity and accuracy and on elements of medical writing style. There is a valuable section on illustrations and tables. I can highly recommend this little book for any medical writer interested in leaner and cleaner prose. The Life and Writings of John Wesley Long, M.D., 1859- 1926, by Robert L. Phillips. Greensboro: Custom Graphic Impressions, 247 pages. Dr. Phillips, a physician practicing in Greensboro, has written an exhaustive biography of Dr. John Wesley Long. His book will serve as a valuable resource to those interested in the life of this exceptional physician and in the practice of medicine in Greensboro earlier in this century. □ NCMJ / May J990, Volume 51 Number 5 245 |
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