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This paper reviews the book Challenging Traditional Classroom Spaces with YA Literature: Students in Community as Course Co‐Designers by Ricki Ginsberg (2022). Published amid increasingly contentious censoring of teachers' autonomy and students' rights to read in many districts across the United States, this book is a timely call for educators to rethink traditional curriculum choices and pedagogical approaches in the secondary literature classroom. Ginsberg makes a strong case for privileging engaging and relevant texts utilizing YA literature and centering students and their voices in communities of practice in the classroom. She offers a wide range of approaches to make this book relevant for teachers across the spectrum of autonomy, including impactful additions to existing curriculum for those in more constrained environments and a blueprint for a stand‐alone YA literature course for those with more flexibility. Geared toward an audience of secondary literature teachers with many practical pedagogical considerations and suggestions, the solid theoretical base makes this book a useful read for literacy researchers and administrators interested in promoting student‐centered pedagogical methods, leveraging meaningful communities of practice in classroom settings, and reaping the benefits of YA literature with secondary students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dr. Terman's article discusses the use of advance care planning (ACP) and advance medical directives to address the desire of many individuals to avoid prolonged immersion in advanced dementia. Dr. Terman suggests expanding the concept of suffering to include elements of indignity and burdens on family caregivers in order to encourage cooperation from healthcare providers in allowing deeply demented patients to die. However, the author of the review disagrees with this approach, arguing that the existing legal and ethical frameworks already provide for the implementation of advance directives without the need to redefine suffering. The author also disagrees with Dr. Terman's position that non-suffering patients should not be allowed to die if they can still extract some rudimentary satisfaction from life. The author argues that it is both morally acceptable and legally required to implement advance instructions that define a non-suffering patient's current debilitated status as an intolerable quality of life. [Extracted from the article]

This book, written by Stephen R. Ash, MD, FACP, provides a collection of true stories about invention and entrepreneurship in the field of kidney replacement therapies. Dr. Ash shares his firsthand experiences with 12 of his inventions, discussing both their successes and failures. The book offers valuable insights for those involved in developing new medical tools, as well as policymakers, funding agencies, venture capitalists, and patient advocacy groups. It also provides a historical account of the artificial kidney field and the evolution of MedTech innovation. The book is suitable for a broad audience and includes illustrations and photographs. [Extracted from the article]