Book Reviews

the field of pediatric neuropsychology, Ida Sue Baron and Celiane Rey-Casserly, is an accessible and informative work that not only provides substantive reviews of current research on various medical disorders, but also advances a timely and underemphasized theme: that as improvements in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of many childhood medical disorders have reduced the mortality and morbidity for these conditions, the long-term impact upon neurocognitive functioning is becoming more evident. As children with these conditions are increasingly surviving into adulthood, meeting their complex needs presents chal-lenges for medical, educational, and vocational systems. The focus on this theme distinguishes this volume from other recent pedi-atric neuropsychology books, and makes it a unique and valuable resource for practitioners across settings. The first section of the book reviews 15 neurodevelopmental and acquired medical conditions. These chapters are all well written, and concisely review both early and more recent psychological and neuropsychological research. One strength of this section is that many of these disorders have not been reviewed at length in recent neuropsychology books, so these chapters serve as key resources on understudied conditions. Examples include chapters on neonatal encephalopathy (Alex Kline, Katherine Ann Leonberger, and Ida Sue Baron), chronic kidney disease (Stephen Hooper and Arlene Gerson), and outcomes of pediatric liver disease and transplantation (Lisa Sorenson). Even chapters on disorders that have a more extensive research base such as cerebral palsy (Seth Warschausky, Jacqueline Kaufman, and Lindsey Felix), spina bifida (T. Andrew Zabel, Lis