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BOOK REVIEW Book Review Editor: Charles M. Yarborough, III, MD, MPH For Authors wishing to have their book reviewed, please contact Dr Stacieann Yuhasz, JOEM Managing Editor, at stacie.yuhasz@kwfco.com. 2. Clinical Patient Care be inert gas narcosis, and “phencyclidione” is Occupational and 3. Occupational and Environmental Health certainly phencyclidine. There was also some and Safety (OEHS) Administration and controversy in the book regarding treatment Environmental Medicine: Systems-Based Practice of carbon monoxide poisoning. The book also Board Review and failed to identify hyperbaric oxygen therapy as the primary treatment of decompression There are a total of 52 chapters and 400 Clinical Synopsis sickness. The book lacks significant references pages of material covering topics in the three to most of the chapters. Additional references parts. Most of the book is presented in bullet would be helpful to point the reader to other points, similar to an oral presentation. The resources in these topics. chapters are succinct but cover the essentials his soft cover book is written for physi- Overall, this book is extremely valuable of each topic prompting the reader to confirm Tcians preparing for the board examination in helping physicians prepare for the occupa- the basis of their knowledge or prompt them in occupational medicine. The information tional medicine board examination. Dr Kevin to explore selected topics for further review. may also be of interest to physicians, midlevel Smith has compiled his notes after success- I felt that the best chapter in the book practitioners, and nurses who work in occupa- fully completing the board examination on was the chapter “Regulations,” which out- tional medicine. The concept of a book aimed three different attempts. This book contains lines pertinent legislation for the occupational at preparing physicians for the American Board many pearls that occupational medicine pro- medicine provider. This was also the chap- of Preventive Medicine certification exami- viders would find useful for routine practice. ter that had the most references of the infor- nation fills a huge void in the occupational mation presented. The chapters on toxicology medicine literature. of metals,gases,dusts,and pesticides are The book is organized into three parts: exceptional. Tony Alleman, MD, MPH A few issues should be addressed. These Wound Care Center, Regional One Health include several glaring typographical errors. 1. Prevention, Exposure Assessment, Hazard Memphis, Tennessee Recognition, and Control “Inert gas necrosis” is certainly intended to tallemanmd@gmail.com Kevin F. Smith MD, MPH, and Hayley J. Smith LLB, (JD), 2021 by OEM Press. Copyright © 2022 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002540 JOEM Volume 64, Number 7, July 2022 e431 Copyright © 2022 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: Jul 4, 2022
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