GIVING YOUR CHILD MEDICATION...SAFELY is best described by its sub-title: A practical handbook for parents. For that is what it is. It is practical, written in a conversational style, without medical jargon or heavy scientific terms. It is a handbook -- a volume to be referred to whenever there is any questions about medication or your child: what the prescription is, how to administer it, how to position the child most effectively without too much trauma, and even a discussion of the psychological and emotional aspects of administering these therapeutic agents. Pleasant and easy reading and clearly-explained management of medication for your child, backed by years of actual experience, make this book a valuable addition to your medicine cabinet.

Melnick on Writing is a collection of the first ten years of columns published in the American Medical Writers Association Journal under that eponymous title -- forty in total. They represent the author's comments on all phases of writing. The columns range from serious commentaries about grammar and usages, to writings about writing, to humorous commentaries, to managing writer's block, to just plain cute thoughts -- most all with medical slants. The columns are all practical and written in a flowing, colloquial style. In a way, this anthology is a commentary on present-day medical writing by showing the problems, solutions and differing ideas on the state of medical writing (and sometimes on writing in general).

Osteopathic Tales is a collection of actual incidents that help paint a picture of osteopathic practice and progress over a period of 70 years. Viewing them gives the reader a moving-picture experience as the profession marched along in its progress forward. Through anecdotes, it traces osteopathic medicine's move from obscurity, rejection and isolation to widespread acceptance and recognition -- not only from the public and from federal, state and local governmental agencies but also in many allopathic circles, including specialty organizations, hospitals and medical schools.

Effective Medical Communication shares the insights of pediatrician Arnold Melnick, DO, a columnist for The DO, the news and feature magazine of the American Osteopathic Association. A collection of six years' worth of Dr. Melnick's columns, this book offers osteopathic physicians, MDs and other health professionals practical advice for improving their medical writing and medical speaking. Emphasizing the importance of communicating well with patients, this anthology provides many helpful suggestions on using and recognizing body language, asking the right questions, training office personnel and interacting with patients via telephone. Organized into sections titled "Medical Writing," "Medical Speaking" and "Patient Communication," Effective Medical Communication is written in an easygoing, colloquial style, ideal for browsing here and there according to a reader's interest or for cover-to-cover reading.

Practicing for Practice is a handbook created for resident physicians who are on the threshold of entering practice and in the process of analyzing potential practice sites. The author believes there is sufficient information and enough advisors available on the business aspects, so those are not included. Rather, the emphasis is on the human aspects of choosing a practice and on understanding interpersonal relationships, topics that are extremely important but less frequently recognized by residents. This book will be especially valuable for residents in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics and Obstetrics-Gynecology because it relates humanity to hands-on patient care. All of this is accomplished in an upbeat, conversational tone, giving residents a viewpoint from which to evaluate potential opportunities at the time they are considering life-changing possibilities.

Looking Back...at SECOM is the culmination of a long series of human interest columns with that title by Dr. Melnick, published in the school's magazine COM Outlook. In addition, Dr. Melnick has added some personal insights about why and how this osteopathic medical school came about. And he presents some views of the earliest days of its founding. A major portion of this work is the re-publishing of those original columns, and he has added a brief overview of the eventual transition into today's Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Melnick includes recognition of the many osteopathic physicians and friends of the school who were part of the founding effort.

This book provides a global introduction to Medical Writing for health professions students and for practicing health professionals who are just starting to do some writing. At the same time, it is sufficiently sophisticated to offer valuable tips to experienced writer. Besides scientific articles, students and residents need help for their practical needs: writing histories, progress notes and case summaries. And later, they will need the ability to write letters and prepare reports - topics included in this book. So often, the need for such training in the other health professions is ignored - dentistry, nursing, podiatry, optometry, pharmacy, physician assistant, public health, occupational therapy and physical therapy, as examples. Therefore, Medical Writing 101 is a practical help for all healthy professionals. This comprehensive book can serve several purposes: a textbook for an actual course, or a self-study manual, or a refresher for the occasional writer - or all three. Included are important items - usually unknown o the novice and rarely offered I print - as where to find material for writing articles, formats to use, deciding where to submit an article, and knowing what happens when the manuscript or book goes to the editor or publisher. Medical Writing 101 includes material on other writings: letters, charts, reports and records - all so essential to the health professional's career and for which he or she is rarely given guidance. This is a "how-to" book, written in a lucid and informal and interesting style - actually a conversational tone. Replete with strongly illustrative and practical examples, it emphasizes what a tutor might offer in person. To add to the enjoyment of the book, the author uses humor from time to time - sometimes subtle and sly, sometimes overt - to help emphasize important points.