Book Reviews

States of health: health and illness in Australia (3rd edn)
J. George and A. Davis
Reviewed by Thea van de Mortel

A Personal Guide to Living With Progressive Memory Loss
Sandy Burfener and Prudence Twigg
Reviewed by Christine Toye

Aboriginal Health in Canada: Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives (2nd edition)
James B Waldram, D Ann Herring and T Kue Young
Reviewed by Shirley Woods, Arlene Kent-Wilkinson

Accident and Emergency Nursing, fourth edition
Walsh, M. and Kent, A
Reviewed by Kathryn Zeitz

Advanced Critical Care Oncology
Cynthia C Chernecky & Barbara J Berger
Reviewed by Ann Allenby

Advances in Contemporary Child & Family Health Care: Building Family Health Capacity
Philip Darbyshire and Debra Jackson (eds)
Reviewed by Jan Pearson

Advances in Contemporary Nursing and Interpersonal Violence
Anne McMurray and Debra Jackson (eds)
Reviewed by Judy Lumby

Advances in Contemporary Transcultural Nursing
John Daly and Debra Jackson (eds)
Reviewed by Ann Harrington

Anaesthesia and Emergency Situations: A Management Guide
Gajinder Oberoi
Reviewed by Toni Gwynn-Jones

Anatomy and Physiology for Midwives
Jane Coad and Melvyn Dunstall
Reviewed by Jane Warland

Anti-D in Midwifery: Panacea or Paradox?
Sara Wickham
Reviewed by

Assessment and Care of the Well Newborn
Patti Thureen, Daniel Hall, Jane Deacon, and Jacinto Hernandez
Reviewed by Linda Sweet

Australia New Zealand Nursing Drug Handbook (3rd Edn)
Lim A, McKenzie G (eds)
Reviewed by John Smithson, Beverley Glass

Basic concepts for qualitative research
Immy Holloway
Reviewed by Linda Worrall-Carter

Basic Counseling Skills: A helper's manual
Richard Nelson-Jones
Reviewed by Susan McDonald

Basic Counselling Skills: A Helper's Manual
Richard Nelson-Jones
Reviewed by Susan McDonald

Basic Counselling Skills: A Helper's Manual
Richard Nelson-Jones
Reviewed by Susan McDonald

Bodies at Risk: An Ethnography of Heart Disease
Elizabeth E Wheatley
Reviewed by Angela Cushing

Care of the Difficult Patient: A Nurse's Guide
Peter J Manos and Joan Braun
Reviewed by Anthony J O'Brien

Child Abuse and Culture: Working with Diverse Families
Lisa Aronson Fontes
Reviewed by Robin Nayda

Children's Health Care: Issues for the Year 2000 and Beyond
Gullotta/Hampton/Adams/Ryan and Weissberg
Reviewed by Allison Williams

Clinical Judgement and Communication in Nurse Practitioner Practice
Susan K Chase
Reviewed by Debra Thoms

Clinical leadership in nursing
Judith T Rocchiccioli and Mary S Tilbury
Reviewed by Neil MacKinnon

Clinician's Guide to Substance Abuse
David Smith and Richard Seymour
Reviewed by Wendy Moyle

Clinicians Guide to Mental Illness
Dennis C. Daley and Ihsan M. Salloum
Reviewed by Lisa Lynch

Collaboration: A health care imperative
Toni Sullivan (Primary author and editor)
Reviewed by Ken Walsh

Colonial Dis-Ease: Us Navy Health Policies and the Chamorros of Guam, 1898-1941
Anne Perez Hattori
Reviewed by Rose McEldowney

Communicating with Dying People and Their Relatives
Jean Lugton
Reviewed by Susan Bardy

Community Health and Wellness: A Socioecological Approach
Anne McMurray
Reviewed by Bodil Rasmussen

Counting, Health and Identity: a History of Aboriginal Health and Demography in Western Australia and Queensland 1900-1940
Gordon Briscoe
Reviewed by Maggie Walter

Critical Thinking Skills (Palgrave Study Guides)
Stella Cottrell
Reviewed by Lea Budden

Cultural safety in Aotearoa New Zealand
Dianne Wepa
Reviewed by Sheryl Reimer Kirkham

Cultural Safety in Aotearoa New Zealand
Dianne Wepa (ed)
Reviewed by Don Gorman

Culture Care Diversity and Universality: A Worldwide Nursing Theory
Leininger MM and McFarland MR
Reviewed by Rick Zoucha

Dementia and Memory: A Handbook for Students and Professionals
Simon BN Thompson
Reviewed by Bruce Barber

Dictionary of Nursing, 17th edition
Reviewed by John Rogers

E Ola Na Kini: The Health of the Hawaiians
Hishinuma E
Reviewed by Laurie D McCubbin

Effective Writing for Health Professionals: A Practial Guide to Getting Published
M-J Johnstone
Reviewed by Judy Zollo

Emergencies in Mental Health Practice: Evaluation and Management
Philip Kleespies
Reviewed by Nicholas G Procter

Essentials of Computers for Nurses: Informatics for the New Millennium
Virginia K. Saba and Kathleen Ann McCormick
Reviewed by Stephen Chu

Essentials of Law for Health Professionals
Forrester
Reviewed by Di Wickett

Essentials of Nurse Anaesthesia
Laura McIntosh
Reviewed by Elizabeth Manias

Freedom to Practise: The Development of Patient-centred Nursing
Binnie, A. & Titchen, A. Lathlean, J.
Reviewed by Laurie S Bourke

Fundamentals of Pharmacology: A Text for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
Alan Galbraith, Shane Bullock & Elizabeth Manias
Reviewed by Yenna Salamonson

Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness
Joanne Lynn, Joan Harrold
Reviewed by Susan Bardy

Handbook of Action Research: Participative Inquiry & Practice
Peter Reason & Hilary Bradbury
Reviewed by

Health and Social Change: A critical theory
Graham Scambler
Reviewed by Maria Fedoruk

Health and Social Research in Multiethnic Societies
James Y Nazroo
Reviewed by Barbara Lonbaken

Health Care and the Law
Wallace, Meg
Reviewed by Carol Grech

Health Promoting Palliative Care
Alan Kellehear
Reviewed by Glenda Parmenter

Health Promotion Strategies and Methods
Reviewed by Merilyn King

Health Sociology: An Australian Perspective
David Gray
Reviewed by Alison Hutton

Herbs & Natural Supplements. An evidence-based guide (2nd edn)
Braun L and Cohen M (Eds)
Reviewed by Matthew Leach

Hermeneutic Phenomenological Research: A Practical Guide for Nurse Researchers
Marlene Zichi Cohen, David L. Kahn, Richard Harold Steeves
Reviewed by Kevin Rouse

HIV Nursing and Symptom Management
Mary E Ropka and Ann B Williams
Reviewed by Michelle Goode

In Our Own Right: Black Australian Nurses' Stories
Sally S Goold OAM and Kerrynne Liddle (eds)
Reviewed by Anthony J O'Brien

In Our Own Right: Black Australian Nurses' Stories
Sally S Goold OAM and Kerrynne Liddle (eds)
Reviewed by Donna Lennon

In Our Own Right: Black Australian Nurses’ Stories
Sally S Goold OAM and Kerrynne Liddle (eds)
Reviewed by Diana Grant-Mackie

Interpersonal Communication in Nursing: Theory and Practice
Roger B Ellis, Robert J Gates and Neil Kenworthy
Reviewed by Cath Hall

Introduction to Breast Care
Carol Bird
Reviewed by Annette Summers

Laboratory and diagnostic tests: A pocket guide
Mary Ellen McMorrow & Louise Malarkey
Reviewed by Miriam Dayhew

Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method
Don A. Dillman
Reviewed by Tom A Laws

Making Social Science Matter: Why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again
Esther-Mirjam Sent
Reviewed by Trish Scott-Wandmaker

Management in the Australian Health Care Industry, 2nd edition
M Clinton and D Scheiwe
Reviewed by Virginia M King

Management of Mental Disorders (Edition one)
Mario Maj, Juan José López-Ibor, Norman Sartorius, and Mitsumoto Sato
Reviewed by Nicholas G Procter

Men's Health: An Introduction for Nurses and Health Professionals
T. Harrison and K. Dignan
Reviewed by Anne McMurray

Men's Health: An Introduction for Nurses and Health Professionals
Tony Harrison and Karen Dignan (eds)
Reviewed by Tom A Laws

Mental Health Care for People with Learning Disabilities
Helena Priest and Michael Gibbs
Reviewed by Jan Walmsley

Microbiology and Infection Control for Health Professionals
Dr Gary Lee and Dr Penny Bishop
Reviewed by Anne Marie Keenan

Microbiology and Infection Control for Health Professionals, 3rd edn
Gary Lee and Penny Bishop (eds)
Reviewed by Jim Hackett

Midwifery. Preparation for Practice
Pairman S, Pincombe J, Thorogood C and Tracy S (eds)
Reviewed by Joanne Gray

Mom's Cancer
Brian Fies
Reviewed by Elizabeth Pascoe

Mura Solwata Kosker: We Saltwater Women
Ellie Gaffney
Reviewed by Sue Forsyth

Negotiated Realities: Making sense of interaction between patients diagnosed as neurotic and nurses
Stephen Tilley
Reviewed by Trudy Rudge

Nurse Practitioners: Developing the role in the hospital setting
Shirley Reveley, Mike Walsh, Alison Crumbie
Reviewed by Diane J Tofts

Nursing Administration in the 21st Century - A Self-Care Theory Approach
Sarah E Allison and Katherine E McLaughlin-Rendenning
Reviewed by Marilyn Chew

Nursing Calculations: A course to develop and assess skills in nursing calculations
Reviewed by Hamish Thomson

Nursing Matters: Critical sociological perspectives
Helen Keleher and Fran McInerney (eds)
Reviewed by Jane Shoebridge

Nursing Older People: Issues and Innovations
R Nay & S Garratt
Reviewed by Wendy Moyle

Nursing Research: Methods, critical appraisal and utilisation. 1st Australasian Edition
Christine Beanland, Zevia Schneider, Geri LoBiondo-Wood, Judith Haber
Reviewed by

Nursing Theorists and Their Work (6th edition)
Ann Marriner Tomey and Martha Raile Alligood (eds)
Reviewed by Merri Paech

Ordinary Miracles in Nursing
Patricia Winstead-Fry and Deborah Labovitz (eds)
Reviewed by Morgan Smith

Pain Causes and Management
Jan Hawthorn & Kathy Redmond
Reviewed by Annette Walker

Palliative care: Explorations and challenges
Judith Parker & Sanchia Aranda (Eds.)
Reviewed by Allan Kellehear

Pathophysiology Applied to Nursing
Esther Chang, John Daly and Doug Elliot
Reviewed by Allison Williams

Patient and Person: Developing Interpersonal Skills in Nursing, 2nd Edition
Stein-Parbury J
Reviewed by Margaret McAllister

Patient Education: A Practical Approach
Kate Lorig
Reviewed by Margaret McAllister

Patients, Power and Politics: From Patients to Citizens
Christine Hogg
Reviewed by Philip Warelow

Postmodern and Poststructural Approaches to Nursing Research
Julianne Cheek
Reviewed by Colin Holmes

Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing 7th edition
Dr Stuart, G.W. and Dr Laraia, M.T
Reviewed by Kerrie Hancox

Principles and Practices of Research in Midwifery
Elizabeth R.Cluett Rosalind Bluff
Reviewed by Christine Thompson

Promoting Health: The Primary Health Care Approach - Second Edition
Andrea Wass
Reviewed by Bodil Rasmussen

Promoting Men's Health: Developing Practice
Neil Davidson and Trefor Lloyd
Reviewed by Tom A Laws

Psychiatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy
Reviewed by Margaret McAllister

Psychiatric Nursing: An Integration Of Theory And Practice
O'Brien, Kennedy & Ballard
Reviewed by Robert Jackson

Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach (Applied Social Research Methods)
Joseph A Maxwell
Reviewed by Nicholas G Procter

Qualitative Research in Practice: Stories from the field
Yvonne Darlington and Dorothy Scott
Reviewed by Nicholas G Procter

Reading Doctors' Writing: Race, politics and power in Indigenous health research 1870-1969
David Piers Thomas
Reviewed by Helen Ware

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (2nd Edition)
John W Creswell
Reviewed by Lynne S Giddings

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (2nd edn)
John W Creswell
Reviewed by Lynne S Giddings

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (2nd Edn)
John W Creswell
Reviewed by Lynne S Giddings

Resources for Nursing Research: An Annotated Bibliography (4th edition)
Cynthia Clamp, Stephen Gough, and Lucy Land
Reviewed by Jeanine Blackford

Sleep Management in Nursing Practice: an Evidence-based guide
Kevin Morgan and S. Jose Closs
Reviewed by Sue DeVries

Sociology of Health and Health Care (Second Edition)
Steve Taylor & David Field (Eds.)
Reviewed by Jane Shoebridge

Sounding The Alarm
Jennifer Cramer
Reviewed by Sue Lenthal

Statistics for Social & Health Research: With a Guide to SPSS, 2nd Edition
George Argyrous
Reviewed by Stephen Chu

Strategies for Healthcare Education: How to Teach in the 21st Century
Jan Woodhouse (ed) and Dorothy Marriss (foreword)
Reviewed by Angela Cushing

Successful Qualitative Health Research: A Practical Introduction
Emily Hansen
Reviewed by Kay Price

Symposium on Indigenous Health and the Contribution of Sociology
Jane Shoebridge & Eileen Willis
Reviewed by Davina B Woods

Talking With Angel: About Illness, Death, And Survival
Evelyn Elsaesser Valarino and Kenneth Ring
Reviewed by Susannne Becker

Teaching in Nursing: A guide for faculty
DM Billings & JA Halstead
Reviewed by Linda Worrall-Carter

The A-Z of Community Mental Health Nursing Practice
Sheila Forster (ed)
Reviewed by Nicholas G Procter

The Clinical Placement: An essential guide for nursing students
Levett-Jones T and Bourgeois S
Reviewed by Karen Wotton

The Diving-Bell & The Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Reviewed by Kate-Louise Wiltshire

The health of Indigenous Australians
Neil Thomson
Reviewed by Rose McEldowney

The Health of Indigenous Australians
Neil Thomson (ed)
Reviewed by Susannne Becker

The Life and Times of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Muriel Knox Doherty, R Lynette Russell (ed)
Reviewed by Joan Durdin

The nurse's guide to cardiac rhythm interpretation: Implications for patient care
Sara Paul and Jennifer D. Hebra
Reviewed by Thea van de Mortel

The Nurses' Handbook of Complementary Therapies
Denise Rankin-Box (ed)
Reviewed by Gay Edgecombe

The Person as Patient – psychosocial perspectives for the health care professional
Ramsden Elsa
Reviewed by Kate Andre

The Practitioner as Assessor
Sue Howard and Anne Eaton
Reviewed by Renée Rendell

The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society
Kevin White
Reviewed by Angela Cushing

The Social Construction of Anorexia Nervosa
Julie Hepworth
Reviewed by Kay Price

The Study Skills Handbook (Palgrave Study Guides)
Stella Cottrell
Reviewed by Marie Gasper

Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care (5th Edn)
Andrews M, Boyle J
Reviewed by Sandra J Mixer

Treatment protocol project (1997). Management of mental disorders (First edition)
Reviewed by Nicholas G Procter

Treatment protocol project (1997). Management of mental disorders (Second edition)
Reviewed by Nicholas G Procter

Understanding Health: A Determinants Approach
Helen Keleher and Berni Murphy (eds)
Reviewed by Jeffrey Fuller

Understanding Health: A Determinants Approach
Helen Keleher and Berni Murphy (eds)
Reviewed by Jeffrey Fuller

Understanding Health: A Determinants Approach
Helen Keleher and Berni Murphy (eds)
Reviewed by Jeffrey Fuller

Understanding Social Statistics (2nd edition)
Jane L Fielding and Nigel Gilbert
Reviewed by Glenn Gardner

Westmead Pocket Anaesthetic Manual
Anthony Padley
Reviewed by Darren Gray

Why is it so difficult to die?
Brian Nyatanga
Reviewed by Susan Bardy

Women's Health: A Handbook for Nurses
Catriona Sutherland
Reviewed by Diane J Tofts

Women's Health: A primary care approach
C Rogers-Clark and A Smith
Reviewed by Thea van de Mortel

Women's Health: A primary care approach
C Rogers-Clark and A Smith
Reviewed by Thea van de Mortel

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