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Second edition. Edited by Richard A. Polin, Mervin C. Yoder, and Fredric D. Burg. 380 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1993. $45. ISBN 0-7216-4292-6.

In neonatology, as in all of medicine, one learns in different ways and from several sources. There is on-the-job training, which is really sink or swim; there are the sage words of trusted mentors and the practical tips of colleagues; there are encyclopedic textbooks and detailed journal articles; there are pocket manuals and practical handbooks; there are lectures, meetings, seminars, slide shows, videos, and computer programs. The interplay between the modes of education and one's initiative and desire for learning results in what the doctor knows. Yet inherent in each of these methods is the potential for passive learning: it . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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