TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Preface A1 - Salardini, Arash A1 - Biller, José PY - 2016 T2 - The Hospital Neurology Book AB - It is with great humility that we present The Hospital Neurology Book to the medical community. Traditionally, textbooks of medicine served the double purposes of being comprehensive repositories of information as well as pedagogical tools. We took into account the changing way physicians access information relevant to their practice. Most of our colleagues access detailed information online through review articles and medical sites. We concentrated on presenting hospital neurology in a digestible way, concentrating on practical information and approach, while providing references to more detailed sources of information. We chose the case-based approach, in line with the most recent research regarding the way we assimilate information. We avoided concentrating on rare diseases, however interesting or elegant their mechanism may be, and only explored disease mechanisms when we thought it would help with the understanding of the disease and its management. In short, we aimed the book to be a practical and pedagogical tool for the “gardener” rather than the “botanist” to paraphrase one of the greats. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1127042358 ER -