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Book Reviews
Around the World Resource Guide, Fourth Edition
By Patricia Smither On the Edge of Deaf Culture
Annotated Bibliography edited by Thomas Bull In Search of the Lost Cord: Solving the Mystery of Spinal
Cord Regeneration
By Luba Vikhanski
List price: $15.00
Book Description
Updated listing of over 1,000 helpful resources - All to make life a little
easier for people with disabilities.
Publications, Products, Magazines, Newsletters, Tour Groups and Agents,
Accessible Vehicle Rentals, City and State Access Guides, Accessible Vacation
Rentals, World Resources, Outdoor Activities, Sports and Recreation organizations,
Caregiving, Companion Dogs, and Accessible Home Renovations...with a list
of informative websites on all subjects for the disabled.
Price: $20.00
Published in 1998, this book lists over 2,200 references and more than
800 annotations of books, articles from journals, newspapers and
magazines, films, etc. and an extensive subject index.
Order from
DFR PRESS: Deaf Family Research Press
P.O. Box 8417
Alexandria, Virginia 22306-8417
Include $5.00 for shipping and handling
Offer good only in the U.S. (foreign postage is higher, and currency
exchange varies so contact above for how to process orders from outside
the U.S.)
List price: $27.95
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Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
People with spinal cord injuries caused by car accidents and other traumatic
events have generally been considered hopeless cases destined to a life
of paralysis. But in recent years, there have been dramatic advances in
spinal cord regeneration research. Medical journalist Vikhanski (An Informed
Patient's Guide to Breast Surgery) presents a history of this research
and provides insight into current developments that may offer the paralyzed
hope for the future. New treatments on the horizon include an immune therapy
procedure that has been tested in Israel with human subjects and possibilities
for mechanical neural prostheses. Vikhanski's writing is a little dry
and perhaps too scientific for some general readers, but interested parties
will have no problem keeping up. Including a helpful appendix of scientific
terms, this is recommended for consumer health collections, rehabilitation
hospitals, and large academic and public libraries. Elizabeth Williams,
Fresno City Coll. Lib., CA
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