When Peverley met Copperfield...
18 Aug 10
Pulse star columnist Dr Tony Copperfield's new book Sick Notes is reviewed - by Pulse's other star columnist, Dr Phil Peverley
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Book reviews
If you're a UK GP or primary care professional and would like to review a book, email PulseToday Editor Steve Nowottny.
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The reviews
Doctoring the Mind: Why Psychiatric Treatments Fail
21 Jan 10
A thorough - perhaps too thorough - examination of treatment for mental illness by a scourge of the psychiatric establishment.
The Pill and other forms of hormonal contraception
04 Sep 09
This little book may be aimed at patients, but it is written by leaders in the field and provides plently of useful information for healthcare professionals too
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the Law
04 Aug 09
A reference book rather than a core text, but one packed full of interesting case vignettes, and more relevant to general practice than might at first seem
Mental Health for Primary Care – a practical guide for non-specialists
25 Jun 09
A personal, often useful and just occasionally baffling book about mental health that strays from practical tips on diagnosis to an academic take on underlying causes
Mourning Sarah a case for testing group B strep
05 Jun 09
The author uses a personal tragedy to make an impassioned, but one-sided, case for the introduction of screening in the UK
My First nMRCGP Book
19 May 09
Lots of easily accessible information about the new exam, and lots of bad jokes, in this curate's egg of a book
Managing Money for General Practitioners (second edition)
10 Apr 09
The new version of this financial manual for general practice provides everything you need to know about acountants, premises and tax in all its various forms
Recovery from Depression Using the Narrative Approach
25 Mar 09
Patients' stories about their own experiences of depression form the basis of this book about the ongoing nature of the illness and recovery from it
Type 2 Diabetes
05 Mar 09
A Tardis of a book - small on the outside, but packed full of evidence-based information about diabetes
Succeeding in the nMRCGP AKT
08 Mar 10
A useful guide to the Applied Knowledge Test, and a handy alternative to web-based resources.
Fat, gluttony and sloth: Obesity in literature, art and medicine
29 Oct 09
A well-researched guide to obesity throughout the ages.
Effective Grief and Bereavement Support
15 Aug 09
One for those with a special interest rather than most GPs - and short on some of the culturally relevant advice you might expect from a reference text
Community Care Practice and the Law (4th Ed)
22 Jul 09
This doorstop of a book may not be bedtime reading, but it is a comprehensive, high-quality and refreshingly jargon-free reference guide
Mosquito Net
12 Jun 09
Historical epic meets scientific biography in this account of the struggle to find cures for the diseases spread by mosquitos
The Complete nMRCGP Study Guide
28 May 09
Not for reading cover to cover, maybe, but this study guide is meticulously referenced and exceptionally useful
The ECG Workbook
30 Apr 09
Easy to read but detailed and with tracings from real people, this guide to interpreting ECGs gets a thumbs up from our GP reviewer
Trick and Treat
01 Apr 09
An eccentric and wide-ranging attack on lifestyle advice, screening programmes and the medical profession receives a rather sceptical reception from our GP reviewer
Fraud and Misconduct in Biomedical Research
18 Mar 09
Research fraud in all its forms comes under the microscope in this must-read for GPs who play an active role in clinical trials
Modern Medicine and the Bible
24 Feb 09
A personal take on what the Bible teaches us about modern medicine and the part it plays in our lives
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Diabetes Essential Guide
18 Feb 09
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The Cholesterol Controversy
06 Feb 09
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A Long Walk Home
13 Jan 09
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Principles of Biomedical Ethics
17 Dec 08
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A Parent’s Guide to Rheumatic Diseases in Children
02 Dec 08
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Living with a Black Dog
12 Nov 08
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Healing, Hype or Harm?
16 Oct 08
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Dump your Toxic Waist!
08 Oct 08
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I Will Need To Break Your Other Leg - tales of medical adventure and misadventure
27 Aug 08
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Integrating Complementary and Conventional Medicine
07 Aug 08
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View from the surgery
11 Jul 08
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Suburban Shaman
17 Jun 08
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Better: a surgeon's notes on performance
04 Jun 08
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ABC of obesity
21 May 08
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Magic in Practice
01 May 08
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Shadows in Wonderland: A Hospital Odyssey
23 Apr 08
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New Active Birth
23 Apr 08
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Lupus: the facts
03 Apr 08
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Playing God: poems about medicine
14 Mar 08
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Type 1 Diabetes
26 Feb 08
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Handbook of Systemic Drug Treatment in Dermatology
21 Feb 08
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Patient-centred diagnosis
13 Feb 08
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Leadership and Teambuilding in Primary Care
07 Feb 08
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Essential Urology in General Practice
10 Feb 09
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From General Practice to Primary Care: the Industrialization of Family Medicine
20 Jan 09
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The Facts series
06 Jan 09
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Write effectively – a quick course for busy health workers
05 Dec 08
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Making an Effective Bid
22 Nov 08
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Junk Medicine
12 Nov 08
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Management of Cardiac Problems in Primary Care
09 Oct 08
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Oxford Handbook of Complementary Medicine
17 Sep 08
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Dasha’s Journal
07 Aug 08
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Almost a Legend: John Fry, leading reformer of general practice
11 Jul 08
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Eye emergencies - the practioner’s guide
30 Jun 08
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Get out of my life
17 Jun 08
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Horizons in Medicine 19: Updates on major clinical advances
04 Jun 08
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Managing clinical problems in diabetes
21 May 08
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Beat the booze
01 May 08
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Polycystic ovary disease
23 Apr 08
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Vital Lung Function
03 Apr 08
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Chest Pain - advanced assessment and management skills
14 Mar 08
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Evidence-Based Medicine in Sherlock Holmes’ Footsteps
26 Feb 08
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Dr Donovan’s Bequest
21 Feb 08
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Medicine Balls
13 Feb 08
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Medicine, Malpractice and Misapprehensions
13 Feb 08
