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Edited by Richard E. Blackwell. 644 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Science, 1996. $95. ISBN 0-86542-373-3.

This book was written in response to a survey of practicing obstetricians and gynecologists who were asked which problems would benefit from an update of information. Its sections are largely organized according to specialties: cardiovascular medicine, pulmonary medicine, endocrinology, neurology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, hematology, and infectious diseases, with others on selected problems in dermatology, otolaryngology, and psychiatry.

Each chapter stands alone, and the book seems less than the sum of its parts. It lacks a unifying theme and an introductory chapter on women's health and health care. Chapter 2 would have made a better initial chapter, since chapter 1, which seems . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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