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Aortography. Its application in urological and some other conditions
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THE
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Papers presented at the Institute on PLANNING OF REHABILITATION CENTERS. Rehabilitation Center Planning, February 25 through March 1, 1957. Obtainable from the IT. S. Government Printing Office, \Vashington 25, D. C. Pp. 322, not indexed. Price $1.25.
This little booklet contains proceedings of the Institute on Rehabilitation Center Plamiing which was held in Chicago February 2.5 through March 1, 1957, and was sponsored by the United States Department of Health, Education, and \Velfare under a grant from the Office of \‘ocational Rehabilitation. It consists of the papers given at that meeting and covers, in a comprehensive manner, all of the problems involved in planning for rehabilitation centers. The papers are given It begins with the history and evolution of the re1~1,nationally known people in their fields. habilitation concept, reviews the international aspects, and gives information about rehabilitation centers already set up in the I:nited States :uncl Canada. Other chapters cover such problems as the measurement of rehabilitation needs iti a community, the evaluation of existing rehabilitation resources, how to estimate the potential case-load for a center, how to estimate financial resources for support of a center, how to estimate long-range potentials for a center. There is a discussion of community interpretation of the role of the center and key professional relationships in the community. Such important problems as organization and administration, professional policies, sponsorship and community responsibility, special role of the physician in a center, personnel recruitment, selection, and retention are discussed. There is a chapter on financial structure and budgeting and adaptation of the plant and equipment to potential case-load, financial resources, and personnel. L4t the end of the booklet there is some very helpful information on the Federal and State sources of financial support such as the Hill-Burton Act and amendments. The intention of the conference and of the publication of the booklet is to have available to those who are planning rehabilitation centers, the kind of information which will make it possible for them to set up a center which can contribute as much as possibIe to the community. Florence
Mahoney
AORTOGR.%PHY. ITS APPLICATION IN UROLOGICAL AND SOME OTHER CONDITIONS. By W. Barr Stirling, Ch.M., F.R.C.S. (Ed.), F.R.F.P.S.G., London and Edinburgh, 1957, E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., Williams & Wilkins Co. (exclusive United States agents). Pp 292; indexed. Price $10.00. This monograph is an excellent publication and one which merits real attention. It is a deBeginning with an interesting finitive work written by an expert on the subject of aortography. historical resume, the author presents in turn the surgical anatomy involved, the tools used, the choice of anesthetic, and the actual conduct of translumbar aortography. There follow chapters on general interpretation of the x-rays involved, pressure factors, and the hazards and complications of the procedure. Specific conditions are then presented in detail with short summaries of illustrative cases. An entire page is devoted to each x-ray. Reproduction of films is excellent. Ten chapters are devoted to specific renal conditions, one to the adrenals, one to other organs, and one to intrinsic vascular disease. :\s a whole, this book should prove valuable to medical students, urologists, general surgeons, and radiologists who wish to become familiar with this useful aid in diagnosis. I\‘. 1%:. Scott 372
THE
Reviews
Papers presented at the Institute on PLANNING OF REHABILITATION CENTERS. Rehabilitation Center Planning, February 25 through March 1, 1957. Obtainable from the IT. S. Government Printing Office, \Vashington 25, D. C. Pp. 322, not indexed. Price $1.25.
This little booklet contains proceedings of the Institute on Rehabilitation Center Plamiing which was held in Chicago February 2.5 through March 1, 1957, and was sponsored by the United States Department of Health, Education, and \Velfare under a grant from the Office of \‘ocational Rehabilitation. It consists of the papers given at that meeting and covers, in a comprehensive manner, all of the problems involved in planning for rehabilitation centers. The papers are given It begins with the history and evolution of the re1~1,nationally known people in their fields. habilitation concept, reviews the international aspects, and gives information about rehabilitation centers already set up in the I:nited States :uncl Canada. Other chapters cover such problems as the measurement of rehabilitation needs iti a community, the evaluation of existing rehabilitation resources, how to estimate the potential case-load for a center, how to estimate financial resources for support of a center, how to estimate long-range potentials for a center. There is a discussion of community interpretation of the role of the center and key professional relationships in the community. Such important problems as organization and administration, professional policies, sponsorship and community responsibility, special role of the physician in a center, personnel recruitment, selection, and retention are discussed. There is a chapter on financial structure and budgeting and adaptation of the plant and equipment to potential case-load, financial resources, and personnel. L4t the end of the booklet there is some very helpful information on the Federal and State sources of financial support such as the Hill-Burton Act and amendments. The intention of the conference and of the publication of the booklet is to have available to those who are planning rehabilitation centers, the kind of information which will make it possible for them to set up a center which can contribute as much as possibIe to the community. Florence
Mahoney
AORTOGR.%PHY. ITS APPLICATION IN UROLOGICAL AND SOME OTHER CONDITIONS. By W. Barr Stirling, Ch.M., F.R.C.S. (Ed.), F.R.F.P.S.G., London and Edinburgh, 1957, E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., Williams & Wilkins Co. (exclusive United States agents). Pp 292; indexed. Price $10.00. This monograph is an excellent publication and one which merits real attention. It is a deBeginning with an interesting finitive work written by an expert on the subject of aortography. historical resume, the author presents in turn the surgical anatomy involved, the tools used, the choice of anesthetic, and the actual conduct of translumbar aortography. There follow chapters on general interpretation of the x-rays involved, pressure factors, and the hazards and complications of the procedure. Specific conditions are then presented in detail with short summaries of illustrative cases. An entire page is devoted to each x-ray. Reproduction of films is excellent. Ten chapters are devoted to specific renal conditions, one to the adrenals, one to other organs, and one to intrinsic vascular disease. :\s a whole, this book should prove valuable to medical students, urologists, general surgeons, and radiologists who wish to become familiar with this useful aid in diagnosis. I\‘. 1%:. Scott 372