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Overview
Court Reporting in Australia, first published in 2005, uses the experience of reporters and subeditors to present a practical view of reporting on the legal system. Peter Gregory avoids the rigid fashion in which media law matters are usually described and, while he covers such vital areas as defamation and contempt, he focuses on the experiences and lessons to be learned from court reporters on the job. He highlights the problems and common mistakes likely to land journalists and media organisations in trouble. It features information and realistic advice from court reporters working for metropolitan media outlets as well as revealing how they perform their daily tasks; for example, preparing television news reports when no pictures and no story are available. Practical and useful as well as theoretical: no one who reports on legal matters can afford to be without this book.
Synopsis
This book uses the experience of reporters and subeditors to present a practical view of reporting on the legal system.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer: Tina L. Thompson, PhD(Mercer University School of Medicine)
Description: This concise overview of the cranial nerves is well organized with both anatomic and functional sections.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a clinically oriented overview of cranial nerve anatomy and function. This book is directed at medical and dental students but is also appropriate for practicing clinicians. The cranial nerve exam is one of the most important components of a physical exam. In order to effectively interpret the result of such an exam, clinicians must be cognizant of the contents of this book. Overall, this book effectively presents the clinically important aspects of the cranial nerves.
Audience: This book is targeted to health professional students. While I agree that students in medicine and dentistry would find this book very useful, it certainly would not stand alone. It functions best as a brief, clinically oriented review book. I can easily see this book used by practicing physicians who are a little rusty on the cranial nerve exam. The author is a well trained anatomist and presents the material accurately although briefly.
Features: While the book contains some crude line drawings, it is not intended to be an anatomic text. The organization of the book is very nice. There is a brief overview of motor and sensory nerves followed by more detailed information on individual nerves. The separation of the chapters into functional groupings (for example CNs V, VII, and XII are covered together because they are all involved in chewing) is particularly appealing. Its strength is its brevity and clinicalrelevance.
Assessment: This would be a nice companion to any traditional neuroanatomy book. It provides a concise but accurate review of the cranial nerves, a neuroanatomic area which evokes fear in most students. There are numerous textbooks available on the cranial nerves, but few offer the simplicity and clinical relevance of this book. Cranial Nerves in Health and Disease, 2nd edition, by Wilson-Pauwels, et al. (B.C. Decker, 2002) comes closest, but that book does not go into the clinical detail that this one does. The new Netter's Neurology by Jones (Elsevier, 2005) does include a very nice cranial nerve section, but most of the book is dedicated to other neuroanatomic systems.
Editorials
Reviewer: Tina L. Thompson, PhD(Mercer University School of Medicine)
Description: This concise overview of the cranial nerves is well organized with both anatomic and functional sections.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a clinically oriented overview of cranial nerve anatomy and function. This book is directed at medical and dental students but is also appropriate for practicing clinicians. The cranial nerve exam is one of the most important components of a physical exam. In order to effectively interpret the result of such an exam, clinicians must be cognizant of the contents of this book. Overall, this book effectively presents the clinically important aspects of the cranial nerves.
Audience: This book is targeted to health professional students. While I agree that students in medicine and dentistry would find this book very useful, it certainly would not stand alone. It functions best as a brief, clinically oriented review book. I can easily see this book used by practicing physicians who are a little rusty on the cranial nerve exam. The author is a well trained anatomist and presents the material accurately although briefly.
Features: While the book contains some crude line drawings, it is not intended to be an anatomic text. The organization of the book is very nice. There is a brief overview of motor and sensory nerves followed by more detailed information on individual nerves. The separation of the chapters into functional groupings (for example CNs V, VII, and XII are covered together because they are all involved in chewing) is particularly appealing. Its strength is its brevity and clinicalrelevance.
Assessment: This would be a nice companion to any traditional neuroanatomy book. It provides a concise but accurate review of the cranial nerves, a neuroanatomic area which evokes fear in most students. There are numerous textbooks available on the cranial nerves, but few offer the simplicity and clinical relevance of this book. Cranial Nerves in Health and Disease, 2nd edition, by Wilson-Pauwels, et al. (B.C. Decker, 2002) comes closest, but that book does not go into the clinical detail that this one does. The new Netter's Neurology by Jones (Elsevier, 2005) does include a very nice cranial nerve section, but most of the book is dedicated to other neuroanatomic systems.