ISBN: 9781856424011
Trim Size: 297 x 210mm
200 pages
Jean Watkins
Publication date: 01/09/2010
Price: £29.99
This practical, user-friendly and up-to-date books is made up of articles from a popular series in the Practice Nursing journal and covers:
-The aetiology, diagnosis, management and prevention of most common dermatological cases
-Social and psychological factors and their impact on patients and treatment of skin conditions
It has been highly illustrated with colour pictures provided throughout to aid diagnosis. The chapters have been presented in a user-friendly format making this a highly practical text for nurses and GPs.
Dr Jean Watkins is a retired GP who remains an active member of the Practice Nursing Editorial Board and, in April 2004, was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
'Dermatology Differential Diagnosis has a very user-friendly format making it easy to read and select the relevant information required. It has a very practical, hands-on feel, providing the reader with accurate, concise information regarding the aetiology, diagnosis, management and prevention of the skin conditions featured in the text'.. Liz Williams, Nurse practitioner/independent prescriber, Practice Nursing 2010, Vol 22, No 1.
'The book is a series of articles compiled in a semi-organized fashion. Each 2- to 6-page article discusses a disease (i.e., psoriasis) or begins with a physical finding (facial swelling) and discusses the differential diagnosis, or begins with a body part (nipple) and goes from there. Because of this, it is not a linear reference, and there are diagnoses underrepresented and overrepresented. On the other hand, each chapter is nicely written, fairly complete, and the accompanying photos are of good quality. This compilation of articles is arranged by diagnosis, chief complaint, or body part, and is written at midlevel provider level. The chapters are short, well written, and have good photos. So this book would be useful to flip through from time to time, or as bedside reading.' Kathleen E Kramer, MD (Stanford University), Doody?s Book Review Service