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Previous Volume 331:1781 December 29, 1994 Number 26

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Edited by David G. Satin, with Barbara A. Blakeney, Jennifer M. Bottomley, Margot C. Howe, and Helen D. Smith. 497 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 1994. $65. ISBN 0-19-505290-0.

In the crowded field of textbooks of geriatrics, this work is intended to occupy a new niche by covering the care of the elderly patient from the perspective of an interdisciplinary team. The result is a rich compendium of material, much of which is not available in this degree of detail in any standard textbook of geriatrics. It is a pleasure to read a chapter on the economics of health care that actually defines such terms as "balance billing" and "accepting assignment." And it is useful to have an entire chapter on legal issues in the care of the aged, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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