Richard Wootton Centre for Online Health, Brisbane, Australia Victor Patterson Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK £27.95,  978-1-85315-671-7,  208pp,  Paperback,  April 2005

The Lancet Neurology
As a means of tackling the serious problem of limited access of patients to expert neurological assessment, teleneurology has enormous potential and the authors are to be congratulated for providing an excellent introduction…. The book is well illustrated, practical and thought provoking…

Doody's Electronic Journal
The editors provide an introduction to the growing field of teleneurology,
exposing the reader to basic properties and uses of telemedicine for neurologic applications…This is a well intentioned basic book on teleneurology

The Ulster Medical Journal
a pleasure to read…I strongly recommend this book to everyone engaged in the practice of clinical neurology and equally important to those with responsibility for the commissioning and management of services for people with neurological disorders.

Teleneurology is the use of telecommunications to improve the delivery of neurology services. A wide range of telecommunications techniques may be used, including the telephone, email, the Internet and videoconferencing. Teleneurology can improve access to specialist neurological services for patients all over the world.

Teleneurology also deals with more specialized fields that are of interest to
the neurological practitioner, such as neurophysiology and neuroradiology. The
book combines comprehensive reviews of each topic with practical advice on all
available telemedicine techniques and on navigating the Internet for the
most up-to-date neurological information.

The fifth in a line of best selling telemedicine titles edited by Richard Wootton, Teleneurology is written by experts from four continents, providing a succinct introduction to teleneurology. It should prove invaluable for practising neurologists in particular, but also for general practitioners, paramedical staff, health service managers and IT staff.

Contents:
Section 1: Techniques
1. Introduction
Victor Patterson and Richard Wootton
2. Teleneurology by Telephone
AJ Larner
3. Teleneurology by Email
Victor Patterson
4. Teleneurology by Videoconferencing
John Craig

Section 2: Applications
5. Telemedicine and Epilepsy
Jeanette C Hartshorn and Karen A Rasmusson
6. Telemedicine and Stroke
Eric S Rosenthal and Lee H Schwamm
7. Telemedicine in Rehabilitation
Elsie Hui
8. Telemedicine and Neuroradiology
Liam Caffery and Alan Coulthard
9. Telemedicine and Clinical Neurophysiology
Sean Connolly and Mary Fitzsimons
10. Teleneurology in the Developing World
Victor Patterson, Mostafa Kamal and Stephen Read
11. Telemedicine in Paediatric Neurology
Anthony C Smith and James T Pelenkanos

Section 3: Practical Issues
12. How to do a Teleneurology Examination
Victor Patterson, Danny McArdle and Sinead Gormley
13. Websites for Neurologists
Rustam Al-Shahi
14. Neurology Tele-education
John McConville
15. Conclusion
Victor Patterson and Richard Wootton

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