Gynecologic Pearls

From The Critics

Reviewer: James Aiman, MD(Medical College of Wisconsin)
Description: This small paperback condenses and capsulizes what the author believes the "efficient resident should know about gynecology."
Purpose: The author's intent is to "cover 95% of the clinical situations that a third-year medical student through second-year resident will encounter." A book that can fulfill these objectives is always needed — and exists in any of the standard gynecology texts. This book somewhat meets this objective but falls disappointingly short because it reduces knowledge to snippets of information.
Audience: This book is intended for medical students and lower level gynecology residents. This is a dangerous book for this young and relatively uninformed group because multiple errors of fact and omission are present. The author is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist.
Features: Illustrations appear rarely but are not needed to satisfy the author's objective. There are no references. This book is designed and constructed to be carried in a lab coat pocket. I question its durability.
Assessment: Not all white nipple secretions are galactorrhea and few women with premature ovarian failure have an autoimmune cause. These are only two of the factual errors in this book. These and others can lead to inefficient or inappropriate management of patients. Portability is the principal advantage of this book.

James Aiman

This small paperback condenses and capsulizes what the author believes the ""efficient resident should know about gynecology."" The author's intent is to ""cover 95% of the clinical situations that a third-year medical student through second-year resident will encounter."" A book that can fulfill these objectives is always needed -- and exists in any of the standard gynecology texts. This book somewhat meets this objective but falls disappointingly short because it reduces knowledge to snippets of information. This book is intended for medical students and lower level gynecology residents. This is a dangerous book for this young and relatively uninformed group because multiple errors of fact and omission are present. The author is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist. Illustrations appear rarely but are not needed to satisfy the author's objective. There are no references. This book is designed and constructed to be carried in a lab coat pocket. I question its durability. Not all white nipple secretions are galactorrhea and few women with premature ovarian failure have an autoimmune cause. These are only two of the factual errors in this book. These and others can lead to inefficient or inappropriate management of patients. Portability is the principal advantage of this book.

2 Stars from Doody