viernes, 16 de septiembre de 2011

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'The Grief of Others'

By LEAH HAGER COHEN
Reviewed by SUSANN COKAL

Leah Hager Cohen's fourth novel weaves a complex pattern of light and dark, happiness and grief, in a 21st-century version of the family chronicle.

Also in the Book Review

'Driving Home'

By JONATHAN RABAN
Reviewed by STACY SCHIFF

Jonathan Raban's essays describe how he left England for a new life in Seattle.

Excerpt: 'Driving Home'

'A Man of Parts'

By DAVID LODGE
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BENFEY

David Lodge's novel is based on the life of H.G. Wells, writer, prophet, political thinker and lover.

'I Married You for Happiness'

By LILY TUCK
Reviewed by COLIN THUBRON

Lily Tuck's novel traces the joys and the mysteries of a long marriage.

A refugee camp in Korem, Ethiopia, 1984.

'Three Famines: Starvation and Politics'

By THOMAS KENEALLY
Reviewed by JOHANN HARI

When it comes to famine, Thomas Keneally finds natural forces less culpable than social injustice.

'Is Marriage for White People?'

By RALPH RICHARD BANKS
Reviewed by IMANI PERRY

Why are black women much less likely to marry than white?

Up Front: Imani Perry

'There but for the'

By ALI SMITH
Reviewed by SYLVIA BROWNRIGG

Ali Smith's satire about a guest who refuses to leave is also a parable of contemporary life.

Excerpt: 'There but for the'

'The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India'

By SIDDHARTHA DEB
Reviewed by SAMANTH SUBRAMANIAN

Siddhartha Deb looks at how individual Indians are dealing with the country's rapid change.

'What It Is Like to Go to War'

By KARL MARLANTES
Reviewed by ELIZABETH D. SAMET

A Vietnam veteran offers a deeply personal look at the ordeal of combat.

'Assassins of the Turquoise Palace'

By ROYA HAKAKIAN
Reviewed by CAROLINE MOOREHEAD

The 1992 killings of four Iranian opposition leaders in Berlin implicated the highest levels of Iran's leadership.

'The Golden Empire'

By HUGH THOMAS
Reviewed by CHARLES C. MANN

Hugh Thomas continues his monumental account of the glory days of Spain.

Excerpt: 'The Golden Empire'

'Train Dreams'

By DENIS JOHNSON
Reviewed by ANTHONY DOERR

A powerful American story unfolds in 90 minutes in Denis Johnson's novella.

American Communists lining up for the May Day parade in Manhattan in 1935.

'American Dreamers'

By MICHAEL KAZIN
Reviewed by BEVERLY GAGE

Michael Kazin extols the influence of reformers, radicals and idealists in shaping America.

'Noon'

By AATISH TASEER
Reviewed by PARUL SEHGAL

A young protagonist is caught between the worlds of India and Pakistan.

Children's Books

'Wonderstruck'

By BRIAN SELZNICK
Reviewed by ADAM GOPNIK

Brian Selznick's new book, which follows "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," expands on his method.

'Wildwood'

By COLIN MELOY
Reviewed by CLAIRE DEDERER

The Decemberists' singer and songwriter, Colin Meloy, imagines a world that is part Portland, part fantasy.

'The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman'

By MEG WOLITZER
Reviewed by STEFAN FATSIS

The hero of Meg Wolitzer's first young adult novel possesses a special power that gives him an unfair advantage in Scrabble.

'The Flint Heart'

By EDEN PHILLPOTTS
Reviewed by JERRY GRISWOLD

Katherine and John Paterson bring back a century-old fantasy classic.

Bookshelf: Fairy and Folk Tales

By PAMELA PAUL

Children's and young adult books about kings, orphans, dragons and mythological beasts.

Slide Show: Children's Bookshelf: Fairy and Folk Tales

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Picture Books About Boys at Play

Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL

"Anton Can Do Magic," "My Rhinoceros" and "Where's My T-R-U-C-K?" are three new picture books that capture the singularity, stubbornness and sweetness in the ways young boys play.

BEST SELLERS

Combined Print & E-Book Fiction

Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction

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ESSAY

The Children's Authors Who Broke the Rules

By PAMELA PAUL

Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss challenged the conception of what a children's book should be - and children's literature, happily, has never been the same.

SLIDE SHOW: Children's Bookshelf: Fairy and Folk Tales

Pamela Paul reviews new children's books about fairy and folk tales.

CRIME

Art, Poetry, Murder

By MARILYN STASIO

Mystery novels by Louise Penny, Eoin Colfer, Charles Todd and Scott Phillips.

More Crime Columns

Book Review Podcast

Featuring Leah Cohen on her new novel, "The Grief of Others"; and Adam Gopnik and Pamela Paul on the art of children's books and the art of writing about them.

DC Comics Writer Resigns From 'Static Shock' Series

On the Phone With Maurice Sendak

Emma Thompson to Give Peter Rabbit a New 'Tale'

REVIEWS BY THE TIMES'S CRITICS

'Driving Home' by Jonathan Raban

'Here Comes Trouble' by Michael Moore

'You Deserve Nothing' by Alexander Maksik

'Destiny of the Republic' by Candice Millard

Teenage Immigrant Dreams in the City

'The Arrogant Years' by Lucette Lagnado

'The Language of Flowers ' by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

'The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America ' by Marc Levinson

'The Art of Fielding' by Chad Harbach

'Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda'

Revista Evidencias en Pediatría

viernes 16 de septiembre de 2011

Web 2.0 y medicina en español

El próximo 26 de octubre tendrá lugar en El Escorial las VII Jornadas MEDES con el título "Web 2.0 y medicina en español" y en la que se plantearan tres mesas redondas:

-La información biomédica en español en la web 2.0

-El médico como profesional colaborativo en la web 2.0

-El ciudadano como consumidor de información sobre salud en el entorno de la web 2.0.

La Web 2.0 (denominada como Web social) ha sufrido una eclosión en los últimos años, eclosión en todas las facetas de nuestra vida. De ello no puede ser ajeno la publicación biomédica en español.

De los efectos más relevantes surgidos de la naturaleza misma de la Web 2.0, destacan dos que están suponiendo un cambio en el paradigma de la información sanitaria:

-El primer efecto es la desaparición de intermediarios entre la fuente de la información y el receptor, que a su vez, puede modificarla, actualizarla y aportar referencias a la misma para guiar a otros usuarios hacia una información perfeccionada. Este fenómeno emergente de la Web 2.0 se le ha dado el nombre de apomediación.

-El segundo efecto es el fortalecimiento de la tendencia hacia la emancipación del paciente (patient empowerment).

Ya la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud, el órgano decisorio de la OMS, aprobó en 2005 una resolución en la que se hace hincapié en la importancia de la eHealth o Cibersalud. Esto conlleva que los servicios web sanitarios se deben nutrir con la tecnología ya conocida de la Web 1.0, la emergente Web 2.0 y la futura Web 3.0 (Web semántica). En el mundo de la publicación biomédica esto es prioritario.

En Evidencias en Pediatría tenemos como valores de nuestro proyecto la defensa de la publicación de calidad en español y el apoyo a la difusión libre y gratuita de la información a través de Internet (y esencialmente de las redes sociales y otros recursos de la Web 2.0). Por eso Evidencias en Pediatría estará presente en esta reunión, para defender estos principios comunes alproyecto MEDES.

De estos temas trataremos en la próxima Jornada MEDES. Allí coincidiremos en las mesas redondas un buen número de compañeros y amigos del mundo de la Blogosfera. Abajo os dejamos el programa, por si deseáis participar y acompañarnos en esta reunión.