It is with some trepidation that I do
this review. In the six days, I have had the book; I have been
reading more in one book than I have in a long time. The book is
well thought out and much more descriptive than I had anticipated
from the excerpts I have read. Yes, it is technical at times, but
for me this is great as I now have some explanations to many ideas
that had been too vague for me in the past. As a blogger, this book
answers many questions for me. I hope that it will make me a more
knowledgeable blogger and able to transmit this information
to others.
Now I have the task of rereading and
looking up some of the terms that I am not familiar with or even know.
Medical terminology has never been one of my strong points and I am
learning now. Thank goodness for medical dictionaries!
There are times in reading that you are
referred back to previous information and tables and this is
disconcerting for me. I admit I am used to technical books where
sometimes information is duplicated to avoid going back and forth
while reading. In technical manuals, we would occasionally have
inserts to a publication that could be removed and become readily
available to be viewed without hunting the pages referred to and
loosing where you were. Granted 714 pages is a lot of information
and information duplication would have added pages.
In general, I could appreciate the
order of discussion and the table of contents is descriptive enough
to make topics easily located. Unless you know what you are looking
for, the index can be confusing. This is because the correct medical
term is used instead of the common terms used by patients. Yes,
there are some terms I know from research reading and common terms
are used when they have been accepted by people. This is generally
determined by the American Diabetes Association.
Since the number of excerpts from the
book is still under 25, there are many topics that have not been
covered. It will be interesting to compare more excerpts to the
book.
For those that do not follow the dogma
of ADA, this book is not for you. ADA is often mentioned and
information is quoted. While I am not following much of the ADA line
of thinking, it is interesting the amount of time the term individual
is used. I would say that in most cases, treatment is tailored for
the individual. I have found one topic when I feel that the
individual is treated to a one-size-fits-all solution, but I will
leave that for another blog.
I have enjoyed my first reading and I
will be returning the loaned copy as soon as my book arrives. I have
a lot of reading to do again and will be using many of the excerpts
for blog ideas. A statement that I read when researching the book,
“This book is not for easy reading and may not be for patients.”
This is somewhat in line, but the book is readable and if you enjoy
reading technical writings, this book will not disappoint you. There
are sections of easy reading and areas of technical information. The excerpts are mostly taken from the
easy reading sections.
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