TY - JOUR
AU - J. L. N.,
AB - BOOK REVIEWS PSYCHOLOGY. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF not only in the individual patient, but also in the family, HUMAN ADJUSTMENT which is the smallest social unit, and so to larger popula- tions in the community. In this light a new chapter on By Norman L. Munn the social pathology of rheumatic fever has been intro- (George G. Harrap. London. 1947. Pp. 497. lllus- duced, in which the author supports voluntary notifica- trated. Price 18s.) tion, emphasizing the value this would have upon epidemiological and ietiological studies, the basis of Dr. Munn is a lecturer in Psychology in Tennessee. further developments in preventive action. He remarks, He has written a book indicating the foundations of the however, on the modern tendency of doctors to become lectures which he gives, and a remarkably full book it is, so interested in local pathologies that they forget the ranging from Plato to Rorschach. It moves through the minds of their patients, and that anxiety is one of the most problems of feeling, emotion, cognition, and achievement frequently encountered symptoms in practice and demands to those of intelligence and personality. The emphasis reassurance from the doctor. The drift towards is throughout upon the experimental method 
TI - PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL STATISTICS
JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
DO - 10.1136/oem.5.3.161-b
DA - 1948-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/british-medical-journal/principles-of-medical-statistics-E9vWoVbhIs
SP - 161
EP - 162
VL - 5
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -