By Gavin J. Becker, Judith A. Whitworth, and Priscilla Kincaid-Smith. 393 pp., illustrated. Boston, Blackwell Scientific, 1992. $89.95. ISBN-0-632-03167-0.
The authors of this reasonably brief book attempt to cover virtuallythe entire scope of topics that define clinical nephrology.The 35 short chapters succinctly touch on the major points ofthese subjects, avoiding discussion of research and therapeuticcontroversies. Many of the chapters are superb, especially thosethat deal with the clinical approach to the patient with renaldisease, the interpretation of the urinalysis, and the characterizationof the renal syndromes. The price one can pay for being concise,however, is that some subjects may be covered too superficially.This problem applies to some of the chapters, especially those. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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