Clinical Laboratory Hematology Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9780130199966 ISBN-10: 0130199966 Copyright: 2004 Edition: 1st Editor: McKenzie, Shirlyn B. Doody's Expert Review    Score: 97 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Valerie Ng,  PhD MD  (Alameda County Medical Center/Highland Hospital) Description This comprehensive book of hematology and hemostasis comes with a CD-ROM containing an atlas of peripheral blood smears and free on-line access to a study guide. It replaces the Textbook of Hematology originally published by Lea & Febiger in 1988 and by Williams & Wilkins in 1996. Purpose The purpose was to develop a textbook attractive to "today's visually oriented student." The authors have passed all expectation in creating such a visually striking book and are to be commended for presenting hematology and hemostasis in a fresh new and visually appealing approach. Audience The intended audience is clinical laboratory scientists - practicing or in training - as well as MT/MLT students. This book would also be very helpful to pathology or laboratory medicine residents, practicing pathologists, or any practicing physician interested in clinical hematology. Features This book is beautiful and the layout is striking. The use of color is superb, with the eye immediately drawn to subheadings, illustrative photomicrographs, and carve-out tables listing important facts. The book is easy to read and quite accessible to the novice. The topics are covered in significant depth and breadth such that this book is clearly a nice "stand alone" book for anything you might ever want to know about clinical laboratory hematology. A really nice feature of each chapter are the two levels of "checklists" - i.e., topics the reader/student should be able to discuss reading the chapter. Small clinical vignettes, or "Checkpoints." are scattered throughout the text, allowing the reader to assess his/her knowledge and synthesis of information throughout the chapter. This book is so visually attractive that it cries out to be read. What a way to jazz up hematology education! Assessment This is really a great addition to the clinical laboratory and hematology fields. I highly recommend it! Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 5 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2010 Doody Enterprises, Inc.