The 5-minute pediatric consult is written in an easy to read outline format. The writers have eliminated unnecesary obscure data and offer a concise outline of all major pediatric diseases. The topics are designed to be read in 5 minutes or less and all the up to date information to diagnose and treat a specific illness is included. The topics are alphabetized, so they are easy to look up. The writers are accomplised experts in their fields and the book has been edited by the distinguished Dr. Schwartz, at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. As a professor of Pediatrics, I highly recommend this book to practicing pediatricians, family practitioners, nurses and students.

when will the CD be available? I travel to several schools providing healthcare to uninsured children and would like to use this valuable reference. (a PNP)

love the format. listed alphabetically, the items are presented in a easy to read format. Just about all I want to know about the problem when working in a busy office. I can read more later but this gets the job done. an excellent 90's type of book. where is the CD?

Suprising amount of information in a compact book. I really liked it, and give it a high recommendation.

This was a very concise, excellent study on the problem of terror. I think anyone interested in why our world is the way it is today should read this book. Friedman writes from having 'been there', and his documentation is good, too.

A great synopsis of our situation in the world today. I think this is as concise a study on terrorism as I have ever seen. It is relevant for both Americans and Israelis and anyone interested in understanding why the world is in the mess it's in. He does a great job documenting his sources.

"Most companies have human resources personnel and various HR policies and programs", B. Friedman, J. Hatch, and D. M. Walker write, "but few companies know their value-or how to enhance it. In the view of too many corporate chiefs, HR managers are mere functionaries implementing programs that are no more than extra costs to be cut in times of trouble...Everyone in progressive organizations recognizes that the HR function must become more closely linked to strategy. As the HR function evolves from administrative to strategic, the question can be asked (and objectively answered), what are we doing to enhance the value of human capital in our organization? Although the effectiveness of the HR department is a part of this answer, it is only one part. Arthur Andersen has developed an approach that can help companies measure the value of all policies affecting human capital, and align these policies more closely to corporate goals. This method, which we can call 'Human Capital Appraisal', shows how companies can measure and increase the returns on their investments in people (p.39)."

In this context, they describe a series of necessary five stages in the management of human capital covering the five major human capital areas as (a). recruitment, retention, and retirement, (b). rewards and performance management, (c).career development, succession planning, and training, (d). organizational structure, and (e). human capital enablers, as follows:

1. Stage One - Clarification: In this stage, companies identify and confirm their overall business direction or strategy in the broadest sense of the terms.(for a detailed discussion of this stage see Chapter 4)

2. Stage Two - Assessment: In this stage, companies calculate the cost of investment in human capital, and the value employees place on this investment.(for a detailed discussion of this stage see Chapter 5)

3. Stage Three - Design: In this stage, companies begin to create programs that can yield better returns on human capital. (for a detailed discussion of this stage see Chapter 6)

4. Stage Four - Implementation: In this stage, companies put these proposed changes into practice. (for a detailed discussion of this stage see Chapter 7)

5. Stage Five - Monitoring: In this stage, companies check this new system. (for a detailed discussio of this stage see Chpter 8)

As conclusion, they argue that 'Human Capital Appraisal' is a holistic approach based on the two equally important dimensions of stages and areas-time and space. It is in the squaring of these elements that the real substance of human capital development can emerge. By following a sequence for enhancing human capital, and by ensuring coverage of all areas within each part of the sequence, companies can improve their returns on investment in this area-by far the most critical for companies today (p.45).

Strongly recommended for executives and HR professionals.

A long-awaited book on the topic of Human Capital. A worthy investment

The meaning of the term "human capital" is far from clearly established, but the authors press for the need to shift management's perspective of people from a supply or resource to being capital, requiring investment and valuation. With this view of organization as their springboard, the authors present a model for managing human capital that applies a five stage process to five broadly defined HR areas or functions. A central theme is that there must be a fit between human capital programs and strategy, along with a focus on cost and value.The aim of measuring the effectiveness of human capital remains a subject to be further explored in a sequel to this book. Overall, this is a worthy effort to create a more rigorous investment-oriented mindset for thinking about, and proactively addressing, the human dimension of organization.

A must read. Answers many questions that are repeatedly raised in other bokks on simular topics. Freidman does not waste paper....he provides insights to the last line of the last page...
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Where to start ? To get 5 stars, a book must really satisfy many criterias, and this one certainly does.

Its author, Mr. Friedman, deserve among others to be recognized as a brillant pedagogue. The topic is complex but the text is clear and the simple words well chosen, like in his other excellent book: The Hidden Domain. As a reader you are able to think fully about the concepts expressed, without wasting any concentration on sentences analysis. Depending on your learning style, you may prefer like I did the tape version: it lets you think with your eyes closed.

You may have enjoyed David Bohm's unusual interpretations of our world through his master knowledge of quantum physics. You may have been puzzled by Jane Roberts connection with the strange entity Seth. In Bridging Science and Spirit, not only do you get a summary of the most important and philosophical aspects of the above, you are also launched into such powerful explanations of the physical roots of our world that some wild imagination may be needed to fully grasp them.

This book makes you think and almost not believing yourself the potentials of what your mind is trying to visualize: this is why I found the book outstanding.

An incredibly well written and expertly researched book!

This is probably the best single text I have ever seen for the practicing physician interested in clinical gastroenterology. The book is practical, clearly written and does not contain a great deal of extraneous material or information of interest only to laboratory scientists. Illustrations and tables are excellent. The text is very up to date. The physiologic descriptions are concise and valuable. All in all a must for any physician who comes in contact with patients who may have digestive diseases.

"Infection" by John Gregory Betancourt

The Enterprise is called to Archaria III, a planet jointly colonized by humans and Peladians. A new disease has cropped up and is only treatable (the double helix), in a temporary fashion. The Enterprise supposed to deliver the drug, quarantine the planet and see what help they might render. What follows is an excellent story, primarily using Dr. Crusher in her quest to find the cure. The author set everything up very well and wrapped up his portion beautifully.

"Vectors" by Dean Wesley Smith & Kristin Kathryn Rusch

Finally we have a story using Dr. Pulaski, who was unceremoniously dumped from the show. Not that she was anywhere near a replacement for Dr. Crusher. It is particularly interesting to see "Terok Nor" during the occupation and have the interaction with Gul Dukat. I felt the character development was very good and the Ferengi portions were written very well. The only true complaint is that the author's seemed to have done a poor job of closing out Kira's story.

"Red Sector" by Diane Carey

Red Sector is a fantastic story. It's very refreshing having a book that concentrates almost primarily on a non main character in John Eric Stiles. The character is extremely well thought out and written. The author nailed Spock and a hundred and thirty something Dr. McCoy perfectly. I'm dying to find out who the voice is at this point. Hopefully the next three in the Double Helix series will be as good as this one and the other two were.

"Quarantine" by John Vornholt

John Vornholt kicks out another fantastic story. Quarantine gives us a good idea of how "Tom Riker" ends up joining the Maquis. As is par for the course with John Vornholt, he goes into great detail describing a beautiful planet and all of its surroundings. Not a lot of Trek authors do that. I thought Torres seemed a little soft, considering her personality, but that can be explained away.

"Double or Nothing" By Peter David

This is another great installment to the New Frontier and the Double Helix series. Not having read the last of the Double Helix books yet, it seems that this one pretty much finishes the Double Helix storyline???? A favorite quote from the book, Riker - "I've got to get off this ship." Peter David did an excellent job of integrating Picard and Riker into the New Frontier. It's really interesting and well done how he brought Riker and Shelby together again. That portion was done very well and even better than I'd expected in another meeting of those two.

"The First Virtue" by Michael Jan Friedman & Christie Golden

The First Virtue is an excellent conclusion. It pretty much wraps up the reasoning to everything we learned in "Double or Nothing." In the First Virtue, we learn why Gerrid Thul wanted to create the Double Helix virus and why he wanted so much revenge for the loss of his only child. Both authors did a great job with their portions. The plot is well thought out, especially the portions of the book with Commander Jack Crusher and Lieutenant Tuvok. I felt that they captured Tuvok's personality quite well and gave a precursor to some of the decisions and general personality we saw on screen in Voyager.

Overall, I would recommend this Omnibus to any fan of good Star Trek fiction.

I found reading with this deck to be quite enlightening on a different level than expected. I expected the artwork to be fantastic, and it is. I expected it to complement and enhance my enjoyment of H.P. Lovecraft's Mythos, and it does. The pleasant surprise is that buried within the orignal, almost completely non-derivative genius of Lovecraft's world are the tarot archtypes. Cudo's to Eric C. Friedman whose accompanying book really brings this to light. Not only are the archtypes there, but they exist stripped of their usual cultural and period trappings. For me, it was as though I'd really seen them for themselves for the first time (and I've been doing readings for five years). Mr. Friedman's text flows from discussing the mystery of the collective concious (Major 9: The Great Race of Yith) to Sacred Marriage on the molecular level (Major 6: Lavinia) and greatly broadened my view of ways in which the archtypes could be applied. I also found the minors to be interesting and have had no trouble understanding their meaning in readings, even though they digress considerably from the traditional interpretations. They are numbered 1-14 with no court cards, the energies of the court cards being more than adaquately represented by the suit of Man.
In his forward, Mr. Friedman states that he trusts the cards will operate as a functional tarot. I think he is being overly modest and has added an important and welcome dimension to tarot study.

Friedman was one of the first to capture the essence of the Japanese business model that took the world by storm in the 1980s. Vividly written and wisely analyzed, this is a must read for historical context on the whole of Japanese business.

This is an excellent introduction into the mindset required for thinking the way an economist should. Intuition is encouraged ahead of diagrams and mathematical explanations and as such it helps the reader to learn the material and more importantly teaches them how to think. No other book relating to economic theory that I know of does this as well as Friedmans does. Persist with this book at least until part 4. After the first three sections you should be able to solve any problem requiring microeconomic analysis.