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Previous Volume 338:1929 June 25, 1998 Number 26

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Fourth edition. Edited by Peter Rosen and Roger Barkin, with 7 others. 2930 pp. in three volumes, illustrated. St. Louis, Mosby, 1998. $239. ISBN 0-8151-3774-5.

Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice has gained the reputation of being the standard reference textbook for the young specialty of emergency medicine. The 1998 fourth edition offers an extensive treatment of emergency medicine, with several new chapters, including ones on clinical decision making, youth and gang violence, clinical forensics, and occupational health in the emergency department. The three volumes have grown to weigh 21 pounds with 2930 pages. This new edition maintains the comprehensiveness and accessible writing style that make this work a model reference book.

The book's strengths include its scope, informal writing style, and lengthy bibliographies. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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