I think that this short, well illustrated book is an excellent introduction to Neonatology,and will also serve well as a review for those undertaking further training in the subject. I strongly reccomend the text for medical students, midwives, and for junior paediatric trainees, doing their first rotation in SCBU/ NICU. I think it covers the common conditions very well, and gives a good balance between detail on the important, common problems, and also giving some brief information on the rarer neonatal problems that one also has to have some knowledge of. I found the text well supported by graphs, diagrams, and pictures. I think the only features that it lacked were some brief, illustrative case histories, and a self assessment section at the back of each chapter. I have read (and enjoyed) the book a few times.

It is an excellent concise introductory text for medical students. It's well-organized & well-illustrated, not to mention its up-to-date information. Unfortunately, it doesn't have self-assessment section. However, it's worth buying!

The general premise of this book is sound enough -- you need to spend some time introspecting to discover what style means to you before you go out and put down some dough on clothes. This is certain to save yourself from the mistake of buying a leather pants when you'd be happier in a three-piece suit. The problem is that the book is all theory and gives very little in the way of guidance as to how to translate that into practice.

The authors are real life image consultants and they help with that part of the process by going with their clients to stores, showing them what quality clothing looks and feels like, how to find it on the rack, how to try it on, what fifteen different shades of green look like on you and why. This book doesn't try to convey any of that. Probably no book can because it is such a personal thing. In that sense, it really isn't this book's fault that it doesn't get a five star rating. I'm not sure that any fashion book could get a five star rating because fashion and style are such personal things.

Nevertheless, I think the book could have done a better job of providing SOME kind of guidance. What's the difference between worsted wool and crepe? What do French cuffs look like? How about color pictures of six different shades of green explaining to us which one has more red and which more blue?

I think this book provides an interesting and probably fundamental foundation on which to build your style. But this book alone is not sufficient. You'll need something with more concrete details to supplement the psychology and theory in this one.

I'm pleased to say that although (or because) I resist being told how I "ought" to dress, resent the fact that image is as important as it is, doubt that fashion and style have much relation to each other, and consider "practical" to be the best thing that can be said about a piece of clothing, this was still a really nice book.

However, I anticipate its getting some bad reviews because it does ask you to do the work yourself; if you're looking for a quick fix, or an outfit that'll change the way you deal with people without your having to address how you generally do deal with them, forget it. It doesn't tell you "your" colors or what silhouette is "right" for your shape, it doesn't show photos of the looks in question, and it offers no real shortcuts. It asks you to decide who YOU are, what's important to you, and make your fashion choices based on what you decide. And anyone who thinks that's easy hasn't spent enough time thinking about who he or she is. The book, in short, is for people who do want to know who they are; for people who are trying to be something they aren't (glamorous? socially glittering? powerful?) it hasn't much to offer. But if you do think you want to know, or have done the work already, and if you're sure you can deal with what you find, it's a pleasure to read.

I really enjoyed this book and can recommend it to anyone interested in the great personal debate of what to wear, when, and where. Given the nature of the subject-matter most people are probably wary of another dose of superficial trivia, the type of dogmatic "do's and don'ts" that abound in most magazines, the standard "wear this-you're in, wear that-you're out" material. Instead this is a thoughtful, practical book that helps you develop and, therefore be comfortable with, your own personal sense of style.

This book is based on the principle that it is not simply what you wear but more importantly, how you wear it. While it does provide plenty of advice on your clothing options it focuses first on helping you determine your own feelings and beliefs in relation to your appearance and the image you want to convey.
As such, it is quite an introspective look at fashion -it seeks to bridge that gap between what we may all aspire to in seeking to look our best and what we can also be at ease with, and so carry-off effectively.
Well-written and structured, the authors take you through a step-by-step process on this personal discovery (it's fun and relatively painless)-do join in and make the effort as the reward can be a better-informed and more confident, relaxed "you" on that next shopping trip or that next dressed-up occasion.