ENGLISH BOOKS

..."This book provides an excellent overview of the role, scope and complexity of the Family Physician's work, which will be of interest to all students of Family Medicine"...

The course of events in life is not always in our hands, but the way we handle these events depends on a great extent on ourselves. The subtitle of this book is to show what winding path the idea has gone from its creation to its final publication. The thoughtful idea and ambition to gather and present in one place the basic determinants of genetic counselling for patients and their families. Medical genetics is characterized by dynamic exchange of information and constant complications of problems thanks to the great scientific and technological advances of medicine. That is way the recognition and diagnosis of diseases caused by chromosome / gene disorders is much more extensive today than in previous decades, thus becoming part of the everyday thinking of professionals of different profiles who come into contact with patients and their families. Our intention was to show the diversity of medical/clinical genetics within the prominent specialties most closely associated with the genetic counselling process.

Humor is difficult to define and to understand, particularly in a second language, but Dr. Charles Calisher took on the challenge to write a column for the Croatian Medical Journal, which resulted in the 20 texts reprinted here.

What does it take to be an editor of a small journal at the scientific periphery, in a Balkan country going through a war and post-communist socioeconomic transition? Matko Marušić, professor of physiology and immunology at the University of Split School of Medicine and a prolific writer of short novels, tells a story of how he fought against such a string of unfavorable adjectives for a scientific magazine to fulfill his dream of making a good international journal.

The book "Mal de Meleda - the Mljet Disease" investigates the rare dermatological disease named after an island located in the vicinity of Dubrovnik. The book attempts to encompass all aspects of this disease, from historical facts and clinical features to the latest genetic research.

The claim that death is an active, physiological process, and that like all other physiological processes has its pathophysiology , is an extremely brave starting point of this scientific monography. It fascinates how such interpretations open solutions to the puzzles of sudden death, sudden infant death, syncope, general anesthesia, and in the wider context also contribute to the discussion of the problem of genesis of consciousness and the relationship between mind and body (mind-body controversy).