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Health Guides and Guards

Health Guides and Guards the result of two current studies of nursing, and of a brief statement of the means needed if nursing is to control its present standards in the interests of better nursing for the community. The book should be particularly useful to board and committee members of health organizations and other persons who are interested, without going too far afield in their reading, in gaining insight into the aims, present activities, and problems of the nursing profession. The size and the entire make-up of the book make it convenient to use in this way, and the reviewer recommends it especially for ANNE L. AUSTIN this purpose. A Library Handbook for Schools of Nursing-Prepared by the SubCommittee on the Nursing School Library of the Curriculum Committee of the National League of Nursing Education in collaboration with The Bellevue School of Nursing. New York: National League of Nursing Education, 1936. 264 pp. Price, $2.50. Among the many studies which are taking place in nursing education today, perhaps the most far-reaching is the study on the Curriculum of Schools of Nursing undertaken 2 years ago by a committee of the League of Nursing Education. This committee, early in its work, realized that, if the new curriculum was to be administered effectively, instructors and students must have access to good libraries. Previous studies had shown an alarming lack of books in the libraries of many schools with few or no funds provided each year for magazines and reference material. Accordingly, a Sub-Committee on the Nursing School Library was appointed, to whose leadership we now owe the publication of a most helpful library handbook for the use of those concerned with the administration of such libraries. It includes a short reading list on the administration of special libraries and also a list of recommended periodicals and free or inexpensive material. The bulk of the handbook is taken up with a suggested list of subject headings for a catalogue and for subject file, and with a description of a classification scheme used at the library of the Bellevue School of Nursing. One sub-heading in this classification is concerned with public health, another with food, nutrition and dietetics, and a third with nursing in its various phases. Though the use of such a handbook might be very limited in the field of public health, there is so little literature on this subject that those who are concerned with the development and administration of health libraries may find it of interest. KATHARINE FAVILLE Health Guides and Guards--By Francis P. Wall and Louis D. Zeidberg, M.D. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1936. 208 pp. Price, $1.35. An elementary text of the usual organization, a chapter or more being devoted to discussion of the structure, function, and hygiene of the various body " systems." The major emphasis, nearly onethird of the book, is on the genital system and on the sexual diseases. In view of the present intense interest and emphasis regarding mental hygiene, the nervous system is extremely slightingly treated. Facts are clearly and interestingly CHARLES H. KEENE stated. A Diabetic Manual-For Practitioners and Patients-By Edward L. Bortz, M.D. Foreword by George Morris Piersol, M.D. Philadelphia: Davis, 1936. 222 pp. Price, $2.00. This book is the combined effort of six authors. The concept of having a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

Health Guides and Guards

Charles H. Keene
American Journal of Public Health , Volume 27 (2) – Feb 1, 1937
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the result of two current studies of nursing, and of a brief statement of the means needed if nursing is to control its present standards in the interests of better nursing for the community. The book should be particularly useful to board and committee members of health organizations and other persons who are interested, without going too far afield in their reading, in gaining insight into the aims, present activities, and problems of the nursing profession. The size and the entire make-up of the book make it convenient to use in this way, and the reviewer recommends it especially for ANNE L. AUSTIN this purpose. A Library Handbook for Schools of Nursing-Prepared by the SubCommittee on the Nursing School Library of the Curriculum Committee of the National League of Nursing Education in collaboration with The Bellevue School of Nursing. New York: National League of Nursing Education, 1936. 264 pp. Price, $2.50. Among the many studies which are taking place in nursing education today, perhaps the most far-reaching is the study on the Curriculum of Schools of Nursing undertaken 2 years ago by a committee of the League of Nursing Education. This committee, early in its work, realized that, if the new curriculum was to be administered effectively, instructors and students must have access to good libraries. Previous studies had shown an alarming lack of books in the libraries of many schools with few or no funds provided each year for magazines and reference material. Accordingly, a Sub-Committee on the Nursing School Library was appointed, to whose leadership we now owe the publication of a most helpful library handbook for the use of those concerned with the administration of such libraries. It includes a short reading list on the administration of special libraries and also a list of recommended periodicals and free or inexpensive material. The bulk of the handbook is taken up with a suggested list of subject headings for a catalogue and for subject file, and with a description of a classification scheme used at the library of the Bellevue School of Nursing. One sub-heading in this classification is concerned with public health, another with food, nutrition and dietetics, and a third with nursing in its various phases. Though the use of such a handbook might be very limited in the field of public health, there is so little literature on this subject that those who are concerned with the development and administration of health libraries may find it of interest. KATHARINE FAVILLE Health Guides and Guards--By Francis P. Wall and Louis D. Zeidberg, M.D. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1936. 208 pp. Price, $1.35. An elementary text of the usual organization, a chapter or more being devoted to discussion of the structure, function, and hygiene of the various body " systems." The major emphasis, nearly onethird of the book, is on the genital system and on the sexual diseases. In view of the present intense interest and emphasis regarding mental hygiene, the nervous system is extremely slightingly treated. Facts are clearly and interestingly CHARLES H. KEENE stated. A Diabetic Manual-For Practitioners and Patients-By Edward L. Bortz, M.D. Foreword by George Morris Piersol, M.D. Philadelphia: Davis, 1936. 222 pp. Price, $2.00. This book is the combined effort of six authors. The concept of having a

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