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Campbell-Walsh-Wein Handbook of Urology
Edited by Alan Partin, Craig Peters, Louis Kavoussi and Roger Dmochowski
Price £77.99
The Campbell-Walsh-Wein Handbook of Urology is an excellent book which runs to an impressive 879 pages including the index. The same team of author behind this handbook have powered a larger textbook, so this version is likely to represent a more clinical and frontline offering. Hopefully this will appeal to a wider audience including GPs, junior doctors, specialist nurses as well as other senior hospital medical staff. It is important to be aware that all the contributors seem to come from the United States (this is backed by the use of the word hematuria), however, this should not put anyone off, as this book should appeal to audiences all over the world.
It is a fairly detailed but clinically focused review of urology and it is more than just a handbook. It is well written with a good number of tables, boxes and figures to supplement the text, which rounds off an excellent offering and makes it an interesting and engaging textbook.
I am sure it could make a decent reference source considering its size and the fact it is easy to read through relevant sections fairly quickly. I would imagine this book would be great in an outpatient setting, taking up minimal space. Although useful for primary care, it is more secondary care oriented.
In all, there are 31 chapters with a lot of focus on paediatric conditions and going through the book, I also found some really superb anatomical diagrams which helped to illustrate the text very nicely. It is also accompanied by an eBook which is available from the web via a smartphone or computer.
Registration is easy, although you have to scratch off the access code on the inside front cover; not easy on a paperback. However, the effort is worth it as the digital content of the full paper book is easy to access and read on a screen.
Overall this is an excellent book and digital offering and although not cheap, it is a quality bundle. I would say describing it as a handbook is a slight disservice, as it feels like a detailed and clinically orientated textbook within the confines of a handbook. I suspect it will appeal to a wide audience all over the world.