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Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 1988, 87:139 Elsevier
Book reviews
Aphasia, F.C. Rose, R. Whurr and M.A. Wyke (Eds.); Whurr Publishers, London, Jersey City, 1988, £49.95, US $79.95. ISBN 1 870332 00 8. The editors grouped the collection of 21 contributions following Brain's model: Parts I (Background, 3 chapters) and II (Cerebral Dominance, 4 chapters) account for theoretical issues; Part III (Clinical Neurology, 6 chapters) and IV (Assessment, 5 chapters) deal with neurological and neuropsychological examination of the patient; and Part V (Treatment, 3 chapters) outlines aspects of therapy and management of the aphasic patient. The editors destine the volume for readers of a broad variety of backgrounds, amongst others: clinicians, psychologists, linguists, language therapists and educators. The contributions are in general well written, but of unequal length, novelty and profoundness. Particularly informative and/or comprehensive chapters concern nonverbal communication, new directions in clinical theory, subeortical aphasia, and the two chapters on assessment of verbal comprehension and expression. The volume is intended as a state-of-the-art discussion of the multiple facets of language disorder. The parts on theory and examination/assessment meet this aim. The potentially important part on treatment, however, would have gained tremendously by a fundamental consideration of the rationale(s) for treatment. Authors and subject indices are detailed, printer's errors are few, the book has a hard cover and is solidly sewn. A. JENNEKENS-SCHINKEL
Nervenschmerz- Schmerzstudien, VoL 7, by C. H. Lacking, U. Thoden and M. Zimmermann (Eds.), Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1988, xiv + 322 pages, DM 38 This small monograph contains the papers presented at the 10th Annual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Pain in 1985. The main theme consisted of pains resulting from primary lesions of the peripheral nerves. In 25 concise chapters the morphological and pathophysiological substrate of peripheral nerve lesion induced pain are dealt with, ranging from polyneuropathies, herpes zoster, some entrapments, to iatrogenic lesions. Causalgia and sympathetic reflex dystrophy form a separate chapter. As an introduction to modern data in this field, the book is worth its price. G.W. BRUYN
0022-510X/88/$03.50 © 1988 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (Biomedical Division)
Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 1988, 87:139 Elsevier
Book reviews
Aphasia, F.C. Rose, R. Whurr and M.A. Wyke (Eds.); Whurr Publishers, London, Jersey City, 1988, £49.95, US $79.95. ISBN 1 870332 00 8. The editors grouped the collection of 21 contributions following Brain's model: Parts I (Background, 3 chapters) and II (Cerebral Dominance, 4 chapters) account for theoretical issues; Part III (Clinical Neurology, 6 chapters) and IV (Assessment, 5 chapters) deal with neurological and neuropsychological examination of the patient; and Part V (Treatment, 3 chapters) outlines aspects of therapy and management of the aphasic patient. The editors destine the volume for readers of a broad variety of backgrounds, amongst others: clinicians, psychologists, linguists, language therapists and educators. The contributions are in general well written, but of unequal length, novelty and profoundness. Particularly informative and/or comprehensive chapters concern nonverbal communication, new directions in clinical theory, subeortical aphasia, and the two chapters on assessment of verbal comprehension and expression. The volume is intended as a state-of-the-art discussion of the multiple facets of language disorder. The parts on theory and examination/assessment meet this aim. The potentially important part on treatment, however, would have gained tremendously by a fundamental consideration of the rationale(s) for treatment. Authors and subject indices are detailed, printer's errors are few, the book has a hard cover and is solidly sewn. A. JENNEKENS-SCHINKEL
Nervenschmerz- Schmerzstudien, VoL 7, by C. H. Lacking, U. Thoden and M. Zimmermann (Eds.), Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1988, xiv + 322 pages, DM 38 This small monograph contains the papers presented at the 10th Annual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Pain in 1985. The main theme consisted of pains resulting from primary lesions of the peripheral nerves. In 25 concise chapters the morphological and pathophysiological substrate of peripheral nerve lesion induced pain are dealt with, ranging from polyneuropathies, herpes zoster, some entrapments, to iatrogenic lesions. Causalgia and sympathetic reflex dystrophy form a separate chapter. As an introduction to modern data in this field, the book is worth its price. G.W. BRUYN
0022-510X/88/$03.50 © 1988 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (Biomedical Division)