Reviews for Competence Assessment in Dementia

The average rating for Competence Assessment in Dementia based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-08-13 00:00:00 Tasha Brobyn Kurt laughed at me for checking this book out from the Berkeley Public Library when I don't live in Northern California. And he was right to because I'll probably end up paying overdue fines/shipping costs enough to buy my own hardcover copy, but sometimes I see things in the library and get really excited and can't help myself. I wished that this book was longer. It's jovial but clearly written by someone who has a soft spot for embryology/development. Whenever I read scientific papers that have nothing to do with what I actually study, I often find myself gravitating to stuff about reproduction. So, while I think that 253 pages is probably enough for most people to read about dissecting ovaries and squirting hot wax into cadaver testicles, I wish that there had been more chapters that gave details about the more recent history of the field, rather than compressing the last 300 years into the 8th chapter. That being said, it's a quick read, and has lots of amusing anecdotes about the way the scientific community evolved. Amusement aside it does a better job than most of respecting the wisdom and partial correctness of history's debunked hypotheses, and it's a good bit of science writing, and if you read this far, maybe you should read it.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-01-20 00:00:00 Cody Danskin Because of my biology background, I wanted to like this more. I did find the first half of the book engaging, but I had to skim for the main ideas through the last half of the book because there was so much superfluous information and I had a hard time following Cobb's train of thought. As a scientist, I found the information about the beginnings and evolution of the scientific experiment process quite interesting.