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Edited by Charles G.D. Brook. 283 pp., illustrated. Boston, Edward Arnold, 1993. $95. ISBN 0-340-54850-9.

Adolescent health care is coming of age as a new medical subspecialty. Several new textbooks have recently been published, a testament to the need for physicians to understand better this unique population, wedged between conventional pediatrics and traditional adult medicine. The epidemiology of health problems among teenagers is distinctive, and health issues take on a flavor all their own when viewed through the teenage patient's eyes. Their perceptions of time, self, and the relations among actions, responsibilities, and consequences make caring for the health of adolescents a challenge.

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