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Edited by James Ryan, Peter F. Mahoney, Ian Greaves, and Gavin Bowyer. 409 pp., illustrated. London, Springer, 2002. $129 (cloth); $49.95 (paper). ISBN 1-85233-347-2 (cloth); 1-85233-348-0 (paper).

Field handbooks abound for every conceivable medical specialty, and Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide could easily fill this role for relief medicine. But what is special about this work is not its relatively brief medical section. It does include a first-aid manual of sorts, dealing with environmental illnesses and injuries from schistosome infection to traumatic amputation, but the strengths of the collection lie in its practical advice for providing care in unfamiliar environments.

For over 200 pages at the beginning of the book, a wide range of contributors offer theories about the history of conflict, musings on the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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