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Brain, Vol. 125, No. 5, 1162-1163, May 2002
© 2002 Guarantors of Brain

Book Review

PROGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, 2ND EDN

F. Schon

Mayday University Hospital, London Road, Thornton Heath, UK

PROGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, 2ND EDITION
Edited by Randolph W. Evans, David S. Baskin and Frank M. Yatsu.
2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Price £69.50. pp. 786. ISBN 0-19-511936-3.

How many textbooks does the average British neurologist buy per year? As I contemplated this book review I realised I had absolutely no idea. Does it depend on the age of the neurologist? Do older ones like me who were brought up when books and journals were the only source of reading material buy more than younger ones? Do the youngsters (and of course the computer literate older ones) perhaps rely more heavily on computer based systems? I tried a literature search on the book buying habits of consultants with singular lack of success. In desperation I turned to a straw poll of a dozen members of our department, six juniors and six seniors, to discover that half bought less than five per year and half more! Next I asked myself what makes me buy . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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