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The Clinical Science of Neurologic Rehabilitation
by Bruce H. Dobkin,
632 pp., New York, Oxford Press, 2003, $125
It has been my good fortune to read both Dr. Dobkin’s first book and now the second edition. The second is even better. I enjoyed the contents of Part I, “Neuroscientific Foundations for Rehabilitation,” and all the other up-to-date sections; however, my favorite is “Rehabilitation Team.” It is excellent, as is “Stroke.” Expect to spend a lot of time mulling over this volume and be sure to read the preface Dobkin has stipulated: he has marked arbitrary borders in this survey of the concerns, practices, and scientific grounding of the rehabilitation specialists who care for people with diseases and injuries of the nervous system.
His boundaries are Imaginot Lines. “Observation and imagery may serve as no less a prescription for bringing about relearned movements during rehabilitation.”
This text aims to encourage physicians, therapists, and clinical scientists to push their personal boundaries toward sound interventions that merge basic and clinical research with the practical arts of therapy. I recommend this book highly.
Mild Cognitive Impairment: Aging to Alzheimer’s Disease
edited by R.C. Petersen,
269 pp., New York, Oxford University Press, 2003, $55
This book on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by Ron Petersen and 18 contributors is a cohesive and up-to-date review of this topic. The notion that memory loss and cognitive decay is an unavoidable accompaniment of ageing has prevailed since classic Roman times. Galen believed that mental deterioration …
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