Reviews for Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine

The average rating for Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-04-08 00:00:00 Carol Gardiner A very good book, better written than many. It would have more power if the author wasn't making a career out of "The end of ___" as titles for books. It forces him to make things seem more dire than they are, and when things ACTUALLY ARE quite dire, his authority is easier to question. b/c he's cultivated a livelihood writing about doomsday scenarios, he's hard to read objectively. but there is a LOT of good info and research in this book. HE makes the good point that for all the concern about terrorists attacking the food system, the system is actually attacking itself. there are certain cancers that only afflict farming regions. Only in the last 5 pages does he talk about the actual political processes and nefarious intertwinings of gov't officials, policies and board memberships/ lobbysists that have made the breakdown of the food system possible. And yet that shitstorm is really the crux of how decisions are made and how what is evil, unsustainable and dangerous becomes legal and de rigeur. Other examples of good info in the book: every new american baby translates into 1.7 acres of lost farm land. maize has twice the amount of genes as humans. salmonella can survive/ endure 85 proof scotch.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-08-13 00:00:00 Alonso Hurtado Eating. A simple pleasure we take for granted. Well, not anymore thanks to this book. In treating food as a commodity, we have opened a Pandora's box of sorts. Our global food economy is literally on the brink of disaster. Disaster that can not only cause our food prices to rise, but cause thousands more to starve and die. Never happen in the year 2008, you say? According to the scientists, that scenario is very possible. As the pressure to increase production and profit continues, we rely on technology and science to help us out. Will it save us or hurt us? Think of the impact on our food supply with natural disasters, border conflicts and so on. Here in the United States, we import a lot of what we eat. (How do you like that melamine milk, folks?) Here's some food for thought as you sit down to dinner: Starvation Unfair trade Salmonella E. coli Avain flu Mad Cow Pesticides Fertilizers Monsanto! Food allergies Genetically manipulated food Meatpacking practices Erosion (no soil, no crops) Deforesting I'm off to the farmer's market. (local. organic. and sadly, expensive)