Berkowitz's Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach, 6th Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781610023726 ISBN-10: 1610023722 Copyright: 2020 Edition: 6th Author: Berkowitz, Carol D. Doody's Expert Review    Score: 88 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Joseph Hageman,  MD  (Evanston Hospital) Description This is the sixth edition of a practical educational reference about the primary care approach to pediatrics written for clinicians including nurse practitioners, primary care pediatricians, and family medicine physicians. It is presented in a case-based approach as a frame of reference for discussion, with some resolution of the cases at the end of the chapters. Purpose The purpose of this book is to educate clinicians about aspects of the primary care of the pediatric patient using a case-based approach. The objectives are worthy and the book does an excellent job of fulfilling the objectives. Audience The audience is meant to be primary care clinicians caring for pediatric patients. The case-based format provides a clinical approach to teaching readers, as the impetus for this book was based on a series of lectures in residency. The book meets the needs of this intended audience, which includes clinicians in training as well as practitioners. The author and contributors are credible and experienced. Features The book begins with a practical discussion of the medical home, the patient/family clinical interview, and talking with patients and parents. It then goes through principles of health care and pediatric management before expanding to cover clinical issues encountered by clinicians in the clinic, emergency department, office, and hospital - in a primary care setting. The only shortcomings are the illustrations. The tables are fine. Assessment This is the sixth edition of a comprehensive book about a primary care approach to pediatrics for clinicians caring for pediatric patients and their families. It is a well-presented, clinically relevant reference for primary care clinicians, including those in training, nurse practitioners, pediatricians, and family medicine physicians. The author and contributors have done an excellent job of updating this edition as it was published in 2020, just before the coronavirus-19 pandemic. 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) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 3 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 2 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 2 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 4 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 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? 10 ©2025 Doody Enterprises, Inc.