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Edited by Cathy C. Cartwright and Donna C. Wallace.
284 pp, $99.
Heidelberg, Germany/New York, NY, Springer, 2007.
ISBN-13 978-3-5402-9703-1.

JAMA. 2007;298(20):2422-2423.

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This book on pediatric neurosurgical nursing was authored by a group of pediatric neurosurgical nurses and practitioners who had long asked why such a work had not been previously published. Accordingly, a group of dedicated individuals have assembled this book with the hope of enlightening all clinicians on aspects of pediatric neurosurgical nursing.

Figure. The text edited by Cartwright and Wallace addresses various neurosurgical emergencies. Left, Use of a halo frame for immobilization in the treatment of a C2 fracture. The child recovered from her injury without sequelae. Right, Lateral radiograph depicting a 3-year-old child impaled on a butter knife after a fall. Removal required surgical intervention. Reprinted with permission of Springer Science and Business Media.

However, the title is rather misleading, as this book encompasses much more than just a discussion of nursing issues. In a thorough and systematic fashion, the editors have laid out a very broad range . . . [Full Text of this Article]

James T. Goodrich, MD, PhD, DSci, Reviewer
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, New York
goodrich@aecom.yu.edu