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By Mary Ann Fletcher. 553 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott–Raven, 1998. $82.50. ISBN 0-397-51386-0.

In treating tiny neonates who cannot provide an oral medical history, who are often too small and fragile to handle with ease and safety, and who are cared for in intensive care units equipped with the latest diagnostic equipment, one might justifiably question the need for and the value of the physical examination. Fletcher's Physical Diagnosis in Neonatology responds to this question with a resounding voice. Fletcher writes in the preface that "this book is intended to remind us of the irreplaceable value of looking at, listening to, and touching infants during . . . the newborn period."

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