Book Review

Textbook of Community Medicine, 2nd Edition

Authors: Dr Sunder Lal, Dr Adarsh and Dr Pankaj
Publisher: CBS Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi
ISBN No – 978-81-239-1701-6
Pages – 758
Price - Rs 595

The extensive revision and addition of information to of these chapters.

the second edition of Textbook of Community Medicine
has placed it in a different league altogether. The present
edition enhances the theoretical and field utility of the
textbook through a number of additional incorporated
areas especially problem based learning, pedagogy,
clinico-social case reviews. The illustration, flowcharts
and color coding make it extremely easy for the student
to have a clear continuity when reading from the
textbook. The chapters on communicable diseases,
non-communicable diseases and health management
are efficiently revised keeping in view the requirements
of mainly the undergraduates and, to an extent, the
postgraduates.
The textbook is excellent in that it deals initially
with the basic sciences related to the discipline of
Community Medicine, which is required if the student
is to understand the epidemiology and management of
diseases that follow. The clarity with which majority of
the chapters are written speaks volumes of the fact that
the student’s understanding was central to the writing
The index has to be in greater detail and must be verified
(page numbers are not correct).
The world is seeing a paradigm shift in strategies related
to health such as poverty reduction, empowerment on
human rights, Community Based Rehabilitation etc. The
textbook will be lot more complete if topics such as these
can be incorporated into it.
We recommend this book to all undergraduates,
postgraduates and faculty/practitioners of community
medicine.
Dominic Misquith,
MB Soudarssanane1
Prof. and Head, Department of Community Medicine,
St John’s Medical College, Bangalore,
1
JIPMER, Pondicherry, India.
E-mail: drmybase@gmail.com

377 Indian Journal of Community Medicine / Vol 34 / Issue 4 / October 2009