Edited by David L. Dunner. 578 pp. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1992. $55. ISBN 0-7216-3973-9.
Avoiding the many pitfalls in editing a textbook of psychiatryrequires the balance of a tightrope walker, the flexibilityof an acrobat, a solid, no-nonsense grasp of accurate informationthat resembles the stolid gait of an elephant, the coordinationof a trapeze artist to avoid too many contradictions among multipleauthors, and finally, the self-mockery of a clown, so that readersmay view many of the standard opinions with skepticism afteracknowledging the inadequacy of the empirical base. We shouldfinish the textbook feeling enriched and satisfied that we havesurveyed the field and that we know not only what . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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