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by Robert B. Taylor, 316 pp, paper, $29.95, ISBN-13 978-0387-28956-4, ISBN-10 0-387-28956-9, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.

JAMA. 2006;296:1142.

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This readable guide comprises a lifetime of advice about the ins and outs, pluses and minuses of embarking upon and succeeding in an academic medical career. It is written somewhat from a primary care slant, not surprising since the author, Robert B. Taylor, MD, spent much of his career in academic practice as a family physician as well as a department head. The book reflects both perspectives but is not so narrowly written as to preclude someone anticipating a career in a different specialty from finding useful ideas and advice.

Taylor obviously relishes the range of interests and challenges that academic medicine offers as a career. He writes of them in clear language with full candor, balancing the assets by indicating limitations. He also interpolates comments solicited from colleagues across North America; these did not particularly appeal to me and seemed at times to disturb the flow of the book, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Don E. Detmer, MD, MA, Reviewer
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville
detmer@virginia.edu