Midwifery & women's health nurse practitioner certification: Study question book (2nd edn)
Beth M Kelsey, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; Board of Directors, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health

This book is badged as 'the perfect guide for the AMCB or NCC exams' and consequently much of the content and the manner in which knowledge is organized pertains to midwifery in North America. The book is sectioned as chapter 1 - Primary care; ... read more »

Reviewed by Tom Laws, Jane Warland

Community / public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (5th edn)
Mary A Nies and Melanie McEwen

This textbook provides a very broad introduction to a wide range of content relevant to community health and public health nursing. It covers introductory concepts central to these areas of practice including the health care system, issues that ... read more »

Reviewed by Morgan Smith

Textbook of interdisciplinary pediatric palliative care
Wolfe J, Hinds PS and Sourkes BM

Far fewer children than adults require end of life care and consequently Palliative Care is a relative new area of practice requiring guidance from burgeoning research and expert opinion. To date, almost all paediatric palliative care textbooks have ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Tom Laws

The clinical placement: An essential guide for nursing students (2nd edn)
T Levett-Jones and S Bourgeois

This second edition of The Clinical Placement: An essential guide for nursing students by Tracy Levett-Jones and Sharon Bourgeois continues the very useful work started in the first edition in providing an accessible student introduction to clinical ... read more »

Reviewed by Marie Heartfield

Long-term caring: Residential, home and community aged care (2nd edn)
Karen Scott, Margaret Webb and Sheila Sorrentino

This edition of Long term caring - residential, home and community care is a comprehensive text targeting students preparing to work as care assistants in the aged care sector in Australia and New Zealand. The books trans-Tasman focus contextualises ... read more »

Reviewed by Maria Fedoruk

Care of people with diabetes: A manual of nursing practice
Trisha Dunning

As stated by the author, this book is a quick reference source for health professionals caring for people with diabetes. The book covers a wide range of important topics in diabetes care and presents the information in a succinct manner. The ... read more »

Reviewed by Pauline Hill

Stories from the margin: Mothering a child with ADHD or ASD
Lorelei Carpenter and Elke Emerald

Lorelei Carpenter and Elke Emerald practise a research ethic centred on making a difference in people's lives. In their new book, Stories from the margin, these authors relate a research journey with mothers of children with ADHD or ASD. In ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Sandra Sytsma

Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care (5th Edn)
Margaret M Andrews and Joyceen S Boyle

As the world becomes increasingly multicultural, the fifth edition of Andrew’s and Boyle’s well-known transcultural nursing text continues to synthesise transcultural theories, models, and research to facilitate culturally congruent ... read more »

Reviewed by Sandra J Mixer

Demetia Care Nursing: Promoting well-being in people with dementia and their families
Trevor Adams (ed)

  This book is a substantial contribution to the dementia care literature. The editor and major contributing author, Trevor Adams, writes from a strong practical and academic background in dementia care and nurse education. Consequently, ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Bruce Barber

Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Human Dimension
Big Leung

This is a book for scholars of TCM philosophy and scholars of Chinese culture for, as the author notes, the two are inseparable: 'I believe the meaning of medicine and life are intertwined. Most significantly, the practice of Traditional Chinese ... read more »

Reviewed by Stephen Kermode

Palliative care: A patient-centered approach
Mitchell G

This well written, easy reading book helps to demystify palliative care for the non-specialist clinician. The target audience of this book is general practitioners (GPs) and primary care health clinicians, including nurses. Respected palliative care ... read more »

Reviewed by Cathie Pigott

Introducing mental health nursing. A consumer-oriented approach
B Happell, L Cowin, C Roper, K Foster and R McMaster

At last there is an Australian text for undergraduates in mental health nursing that forays into the territory of mental health rather than traces around the tenuous map of psychiatric diagnoses. Its very title bodes such a foray: a consumer ... read more »

Reviewed by David Buchanan